Fairview Heights station (MetroLink)
Fairview Heights is a St. Louis MetroLink station in Fairview Heights, Illinois, on Illinois Route 161. This station is the eastern terminus of the Blue Line. The station is located where IL 161 makes a sharp right turn off of Saint Claire Avenue, with entrances to the parking lot leading both from Third Avenue and Lynn Lee Court.
Fairview Heights | ||||||||||||||||
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| MetroLink light rail station | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 9200 Saint Clair Avenue Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208 | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38.593617°N 90.047835°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Bi-State Development Agency | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections |  MetroBus: 1, 12, 13, 512X | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | 853 park and ride spaces 45 long-term spaces | |||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | May 5, 2001[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | 1,380  0% | |||||||||||||||
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Station layout
| P Platform level |
Westbound | ← Blue Line toward Shrewsbury – Lansdowne (Washington Park) ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Washington Park) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Eastbound | Red Line toward Shiloh – Scott (Memorial Hospital) → Blue Line termination track → | |
| Street level | Exit/entrance, parking, buses | |
References
- Leiser, Ken (April 30, 2001). "MetroLink Extension Opens This Weekend With Parking to Spare". The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. A9. Retrieved April 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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