Cortex station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system.[2] This at-grade station is located just east of Boyle Avenue in the Cortex Innovation Community in St. Louis.
Cortex | ||||||||||||||||
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 Cortex station in 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 448 South Boyle Avenue St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°38′01″N 90°15′04″W / 38.633700°N 90.251124°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Bi-State Development | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks, Brickline Greenway | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | July 31, 2018[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 900 daily | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | 19 out of 38 | |||||||||||||||
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History
editCortex opened on July 31, 2018, as an infill station to serve the growing Cortex community in St. Louis' Central West End neighborhood. It was built as a public-private partnership between the Bi-State Development Agency (Metro), Washington University in St. Louis, BJC HealthCare, and the City of St. Louis.[3]
In partnership with Great Rivers Greenway, the first segment of the Brickline Greenway opened with the new station. Eventually the Brickline will travel between the Gateway Arch and Forest Park in addition to North and South St. Louis.[3][4]
Station layout
editThe platform is accessed via a single entrance from a plaza adjacent to the Brickline Greenway.
| Westbound | ← Blue Line toward Shrewsbury (Central West End) ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Central West End) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
| Eastbound | Red Line toward Shiloh–Scott (Grand) → Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Grand) → |
| Street | Entrance/exit, Brickline Greenway |
Notable places nearby
editReferences
edit- ^ Petrin, Kae M. (July 31, 2018). "Cortex MetroLink stop opens with promises of tech job growth". St. Louis Public Radio (KWMU). Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ^ "Cortex Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
- ^ a b "Cortex MetroLink Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
- ^ "Brickline Greenway – Great Rivers Greenway". greatriversgreenway.org. March 11, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2022.