Forest Park–DeBaliviere (St. Louis MetroLink)

Forest Park-DeBaliviere
MetroLink light rail station
Location	250 DeBaliviere Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63112
Coordinates	38°38′52″N 90°17′03″W / 38.647792°N 90.284161°WCoordinates: 38°38′52″N 90°17′03″W / 38.647792°N 90.284161°W
Owned by	Bi-State Development Agency
Operated by	Metro Transit
Line(s)	Red Line   Blue Line
Platforms	Island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	MetroBus: 1, 3, 90
Construction
Structure type	Embankment
Parking	100 park and ride spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	July 31, 1993
Traffic
Passengers (2007)	5,438 daily  0%
Services
Preceding station   MetroLink   Following station Delmar Loop toward Lambert Airport Terminal 1 Red Line Central West End toward Shiloh–Scott Skinker toward Shrewsbury-Lansdowne I-44 Blue Line Central West End toward Fairview Heights

Forest Park-DeBaliviere is a MetroLink light rail station, located at the northeast corner of Forest Park Parkway and DeBaliviere Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri. This station is located just to the north of Forest Park. Attractions in the park include the St. Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis Zoo, Missouri History Museum and The Muny in addition to athletic fields, biking and running trails, and golf courses. The station is the transfer point for trips between the Shrewsbury branch and the Lambert Airport branch. It also features 100 Park-Ride spaces.^[1]

The Forest Park-DeBaliviere station opened on July 31, 1993 as one of the original stations in the MetroLink system. It was originally constructed with side platforms and a single entrance serving the westbound platform. Access to the eastbound platform required walking the length of the westbound platform and crossing the tracks at the end. As part of the Cross-County extension of MetroLink from Forest Park-DeBaliviere to Shrewsbury-Lansdowne I-44, the station was reconstructed with an island platform to allow easy cross platform transfers between the Blue and Red lines and two station entrances, one on either side of DeBaliviere Avenue.^[2]

References

1. "MetroLink Station List". Metro. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
2. "Cross County MetroLink Extension - Final Project Status Report" (PDF). Metro. December 2006. p. 23. Retrieved 2008-08-14.

External links

• St. Louis Metro