Central West End station

Central West End station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system.^[3] This at-grade station is located in the Central West End neighborhood just southeast of the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Children's Place. This station also serves a large MetroBus transfer and is the most used station on the MetroLink system.^[4]

Central West End
An eastbound Blue Line train at Central West End
General information
Location	410 South Euclid Avenue St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates	38.635963°N 90.262489°W / 38.635963; -90.262489
Owned by	Bi-State Development
Operated by	Metro Transit
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Bus stands	11[1]
Connections	MetroBus Missouri: 01, 08, 10, 13, 18, 42, 59, 95
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Bicycle facilities	Racks
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	July 31, 1993 (1993-07-31)[2]
Rebuilt	2021
Passengers
2018	4,885 daily
Rank	1 out of 38
Services
Preceding station MetroLink Following station Forest Park–DeBaliviere toward Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44 Blue Line Cortex toward Fairview Heights Forest Park–DeBaliviere toward Lambert Airport Terminal 1 Red Line Cortex toward Shiloh–Scott
Location

History

A westbound Blue Line train enters the tunnel beneath the Washington University Medical Center

In April 2021, Metro, in partnership with the Washington University School of Medicine and BJC HealthCare, completed a major upgrade to the station. Included was a new glass canopy covering 60% of the platform, a glass elevator outside of the path of pedestrian travel, a WUSM welcome center at the Euclid level entrance and exit, the main stairwell was widened from 6 feet (1.8 m) to 10 feet (3.0 m), additional lighting and fencing was added, and the station aesthetic was modified to match adjacent hospital buildings.^[5]

Station layout

The station can be accessed by stairs or an elevator at the west end of the platform near Euclid Avenue and Children's Place. The Central West End MetroBus Center is located on the ground level of the Barnes-Jewish staff parking garage and is accessible via lighted walkway from the east end of the platform.

Bus connections

The following MetroBus lines serve the adjacent Central West End MetroBus Center:^[3]

• 01 Gold
• 08 Shaw-Cherokee
• 10 Gravois-Lindell
• 13 Union
• 18 Taylor
• 42 Sarah
• 59 Oakland
• 95 Kingshighway

Public artwork

In 2000, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Ohne Titel by Olafur Eliasson for installation in the tunnel near this station. The 60 aluminum lamp housings with colored acrylic lenses and fluorescent lamps work together to create dabs of glowing colors that span the tunnel wall in an evenly spaced spectrum.^[6]

Notable places nearby

• Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center
• Barnes-Jewish Hospital
• Central West End
• Forest Park
• James S. McDonnell Planetarium
• Saint Louis Science Center
• Shriners Hospital for Children
• Steinberg Skating Rink
• St. Louis Children's Hospital
• The Grove
• University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis
• Washington University Medical Center
• Washington University School of Medicine