Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44 station

Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44 station is a light rail station on the Blue Line of the St. Louis MetroLink system.^[4] This station is located on an embankment near Lansdowne Avenue and River Des Peres Boulevard in St. Louis near its boundary with Shrewsbury in St. Louis County. The city limits between the two communities runs through the northern portion of the 800 space park and ride lot.

Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44
Shrewsbury station in 2008
General information
Location	7201 Lansdowne Avenue St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates	38.59366°N 90.31947°W / 38.59366; -90.31947
Owned by	Bi-State Development Agency
Operated by	Metro Transit
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Bus stands	9[1]
Connections	MetroBus Missouri: 09, 11, 16, 21, 30, 56
Construction
Structure type	Embankment
Parking	825 spaces[2]
Bicycle facilities	Racks, River Des Peres Greenway
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	August 26, 2006 (2006-08-26)[3]
Passengers
2018	1,523 daily
Rank	8 out of 38
Services
Preceding station MetroLink Following station Terminus Blue Line Sunnen toward Fairview Heights
Location

The station is also a large MetroBus transfer and is equipped with a kiss and ride area and 25 long term spaces.

Shrewsbury-Lansdowne I-44 platform

Station layout

The station has an island platform that is accessed by a staircase and switchback ramp on the north end of the platform and an elevator and another staircase on the south end.

Bus connections

The following MetroBus lines serve Shrewsbury station:^[4]

• 09 Oakville
• 11 Chippewa
• 16 City Limits
• 21 Watson Road
• 30 Arsenal
• 56 Kirkwood-Webster

Public artwork

In 2006, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the sculpture Aquilone by Doug Hollis for installation on the embankment next to the station. The steel and aluminum sculptures are composed of tetrahedral wind-vanes that frame smaller, perforated wind sails that rotate independently, animating the entire surface. The whole piece turns into the wind as the nine sculptures dance with each other.^[5]

In 2014, the Arts in Transit program commissioned a second sculpture for the station by artist Ben Fehrmann called London. It's made out of 900, 13-foot tall stainless steel rods and was placed in the station's passenger plaza.^[6]

Notable places nearby

• River Des Peres Greenway
• River Des Peres Park
• Ted Drews Frozen Custard

Previous extension proposal

The platform at this station is designed to accommodate a future extension, either via the River Des Peres to the southeast or more southerly toward South County Center. Called MetroSouth, this extension was originally Segment 2 of the Cross County corridor.^[7] Currently, there are no plans to advance studies on this alignment as the region focuses on a route within the city of St. Louis that would run primarily on Jefferson and Natural Bridge avenues.^[8]