Richmond Heights station
Richmond Heights is a St. Louis MetroLink station.[2] It is located near the interchange of Interstate 170 and Galleria Parkway in Richmond Heights, Missouri and serves the popular Saint Louis Galleria shopping mall, The Boulevard mixed-use development, the University Club Tower, and neighboring residential areas.
Richmond Heights | |||||||||||
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| MetroLink light rail station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 8001 Galleria Parkway Richmond Heights, Missouri 63144 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38.634890°N 90.342183°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Bi-State Development Agency | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Transit | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 57 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Rack | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | August 26, 2006[1] | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 618 daily | ||||||||||
| Rank | 23 out of 38 | ||||||||||
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The station has a small commuter parking lot with 57 spaces and includes a kiss-and-ride turnaround.
In 2009, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Mime by Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel for installation at this station. A collar of stainless steel convex mirrors absorbs and reflects everything seen in the station environs.[3]
Station layout
| P Platform level |
Westbound | ← Blue Line toward Shrewsbury – Lansdowne (Brentwood I-64) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Eastbound | Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Clayton) → | |
| Street level | Entrance/exit and buses | |
References
- "Next Stop: Shrewsbury". The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. August 20, 2006. p. C2. Retrieved April 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Richmond Heights Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- "Mime". Arts in Transit, Inc. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
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