Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44 station is a light rail station on the Blue Line of the St. Louis MetroLink system.[5] 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 | |||||||||||
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 Shrewsbury station platform, seen from below | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 7201 Lansdowne Avenue St. Louis, Missouri | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°35′37″N 90°19′10″W / 38.59366°N 90.31947°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Bi-State Development Agency | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Transit | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bus stands | 10[1] | ||||||||||
| Connections |  MetroBus Missouri: 9, 11, 16, 17, 21, 30, 46, 56, 101[2] | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Embankment | ||||||||||
| Parking | 825 spaces[3] | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks, River Des Peres Greenway | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | August 26, 2006[4] | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 1,523 daily | ||||||||||
| Rank | 8 out of 38 | ||||||||||
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The station is also a large MetroBus transfer and is equipped with a kiss and ride area and 25 long term spaces.
Station layout
editThe 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.
| P Platform level |
Eastbound | Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Sunnen) → |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left / right | ||
| Eastbound | Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Sunnen) → | |
| G | Street level | Entrance/exit, bus bays, park and ride lot |
Public artwork
editIn 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.[6]
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.[7]
Notable places nearby
editPrevious extension proposal
editThe 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.[8] 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.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Bus Bays" (PDF). Metro Transit. January 2021. p. 23. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ "Missouri System Map" (PDF) (Map). Metro Transit. November 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ "System Addresses". Metro Transit. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ "Next Stop: Shrewsbury". The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. August 20, 2006. p. C2. Retrieved April 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Shrewsbury-Lansdowne I-44 Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
- ^ "Aquilone". Arts in Transit, Inc. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
- ^ "London". Arts in Transit, Inc. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
- ^ MetroLink Planning (East-West Gateway Council of Governments)
- ^ Schlinkmann, Mark (November 17, 2021). "St. Louis County back in picture for north-south MetroLink expansion". STLtoday.com. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
