East Riverfront station explained

Style:MetroLink (St. Louis)
East Riverfront
Address:100 South Front Street
Borough:East St. Louis, Illinois
Coordinates:38.6285°N -90.1748°W
Owned:Bi-State Development
Operator:Metro Transit
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Structure:Elevated
Parking:295 spaces[1]
Accessible:Yes
Opened:May 14, 1994
Rebuilt:2023
Pass Year:2018
Passengers:567 daily
Pass Rank:25 out of 38
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-light
Marker-Color:
  1. 000
Zoom:15

East Riverfront is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system.[2] This elevated station was built on a reconstructed viaduct east of the historic Eads Bridge near the East St. Louis, Illinois riverfront.

The station is popular with Illinois commuters and has a park and ride lot with 295 spaces.

History

East Riverfront is the westernmost station in Illinois, located on the lower deck of the Eads Bridge before crossing the Mississippi River into Missouri.

In January 2023, Metro announced that East Riverfront would temporarily close at the end of the month to accommodate platform rehabilitation and staircase replacement with the station reopening on May 29th, 2023.[3] [4]

Station layout

The platforms are accessed from Front Street via a set of stairs and an elevator on either side of the Eads Bridge. The eastbound platform can also be accessed via a ramp from the upper-level pedestrian walkway on the south edge of the bridge.

BBridge levelEads Bridge sidewalk (access from eastbound platform only)
P
Platform level
Westbound
Eastbound toward Shiloh–Scott
toward Fairview Heights
GStreet levelEntrance/exit, park and ride

Notable places nearby

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: System Addresses . May 24, 2023 . . en.
  2. Web site: East Riverfront Station . 2022-10-11 . metrostlouis.org . en.
  3. Web site: Thomas . Jasmine . 2023-01-24 . East Riverfront MetroLink Station to Temporarily Close Starting January 30 . 2023-01-24 . Metro Transit – Saint Louis . en.
  4. Web site: MetroLink Improvement Projects . 2023-09-06 . Metro Transit – Saint Louis . en.