Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center station explained

Jackie Joyner-Kersee Ctr.
Style:MetroLink (St. Louis)
Other Name:JJK Center
Address:1003 North 25th Street
Borough:East St. Louis, Illinois
Owned:Bi-State Development
Operator:Metro Transit
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Bus Stands:4[1]
Connections: MetroBus Illinois: 6, 9[2]
Structure:At-grade
Bicycle:Rack
Accessible:Yes
Opened:[3]
Pass Year:2018
Passengers:462 daily
Pass Rank:32 out of 38
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-light
Marker-Color:
  1. 000
Zoom:15

Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center station (also known as JJK Center) is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system.[4] This at-grade station is adjacent to the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Youth Center and just north of Interstate 64's exit 4B (25th Street) in East St. Louis, Illinois.

This station has no park and ride lot but does feature a kiss and ride turnaround.

Station layout

The island platform is accessed via a single ramp on its west end that connects to the bus boarding area. There is also a set of stairs from the bus loop down an embankment to 25th Street.

Street levelEntrance/exit, bus bays, kiss and ride
Platform levelWestbound← toward
← toward
Eastbound toward →
toward →

Notable places nearby

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: January 2021 . Bus Bays . May 24, 2023 . . 15.
  2. April 2019 . Illinois System Map . . May 24, 2023.
  3. News: Leiser . Ken . April 30, 2001 . MetroLink Extension Opens This Weekend With Parking to Spare . A9 . . April 15, 2021 . Newspapers.com.
  4. Web site: JJK Center Station . October 15, 2022 . metrostlouis.org . en.