| Fairview Heights | |||||||||||
| Style: | MetroLink (St. Louis) | ||||||||||
| Address: | 9720 West Illinois Route 161 | ||||||||||
| Borough: | Fairview Heights, Illinois | ||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 38.5936°N -90.0478°W | ||||||||||
| Owned: | Bi-State Development | ||||||||||
| Operator: | Metro Transit | ||||||||||
| Platform: | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks: | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bus Stands: | 7[1] | ||||||||||
| Connections: | MetroBus Illinois: 1, 12, 13[2] | ||||||||||
| Structure: | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking: | 898 spaces[3] | ||||||||||
| Bicycle: | Racks, MetroBikeLink Trail | ||||||||||
| Accessible: | Yes | ||||||||||
| Opened: | [4] | ||||||||||
| Pass Year: | 2018 | ||||||||||
| Passengers: | 1,611 daily | ||||||||||
| Pass Rank: | 7 out of 38 | ||||||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||||
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Fairview Heights station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system.[5] This at-grade station is located on the western edge of Fairview Heights, Illinois near the intersection of St. Clair Avenue and Illinois Route 161. It is the eastern terminus of the Blue Line and has a pocket track allowing Blue Line trains to reverse directions and layover between runs.
Fairview Heights is primarily a commuter station with 898 park and ride spaces and a large MetroBus transfer.
In 2024, the area between the bus bays and MetroLink entrance was updated with vibrantly colored elements in a “Love Where You Live” theme, including large shade structures, seating, trees, planters and banners. The sixth "Transit Stop Transformation" project to be completed, it was unveiled on August 21, 2024 by Citizens for Modern Transit, AARP in St. Louis, and Metro Transit in partnership with several local agencies.[6]
The island platform is accessed via a single ramp on its west end that connects to the bus boarding area and park and ride lot.
| Street | Entrance/exit, bus bays, park and ride | |
| Westbound | ← toward ← toward | |
| Eastbound | toward → terminating trains → | |
Fairview Heights is the northernmost station served by the St. Clair County Transit District's MetroBikeLink shared-use path system. This 3.5miles section opened in 2019 and follows former CSX right-of-way and Schoenberger Creek through the hills of the Dutch Hollow area of Belleville and Fairview Heights. This section of trail connects to the other 11.5miles of MetroBikeLink for a total of 14miles of paved trails along MetroLink in St. Clair County, Illinois.[7]
