Washington Park 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 city limit line between East St. Louis, Illinois and Washington Park, Illinois.
Washington Park | ||||||||||||||||
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| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 909 North 54th Street East St. Louis, Illinois | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°36′49″N 90°05′43″W / 38.613685°N 90.095224°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Bi-State Development Agency | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Bus stands | 3[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Connections |  MetroBus Illinois: 6, 13[2] | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | 706 spaces[3] | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Rack | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | May 5, 2001[4] | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 599 daily | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | 24 out of 38 | |||||||||||||||
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It primarily serves Illinois commuters via a MetroBus transfer and a park and ride lot with 706 spaces. The park and ride lot is accessed from both North Kingshighway and St. Clair Avenue.
Station layout
The island platform is accessed via a ramp that leads to the bus transfer and parking lot to the north of the tracks and North 53rd Street to the south of the tracks.
| Street | Entrance/exit, bus bays, park and ride |
| Westbound | ← Blue Line toward Shrewsbury (JJK Center) ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (JJK Center) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
| Eastbound | Red Line toward Shiloh–Scott (Fairview Heights) → Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Terminus) → |