Memorial Hospital station is a light rail station on the Red Line of the St. Louis MetroLink system.[5] This below-grade station is located beneath an overpass on Frank Scott Parkway in Belleville, Illinois and has 431 park and ride spaces across three parking lots.

Memorial Hospital
General information
Location1460 Frank Scott Parkway
Belleville, Illinois
Coordinates38°33′27″N 90°00′57″W / 38.557600°N 90.015728°W / 38.557600; -90.015728
Owned byBi-State Development
Operated byMetro Transit
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Bus stands3[1]
ConnectionsBus transport MetroBus Illinois: 14[2]
Construction
Structure typeBelow-grade
Parking431 spaces[3]
Bicycle facilitiesRacks, MetroBikeLink Trail
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedMay 5, 2001 (2001-05-05)[4]
Passengers
2018304 daily
Rank37 out of 38
Services
Preceding station MetroLink Following station
Fairview Heights Red Line Swansea
Location
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Memorial Hospital has a connection to the St. Clair County Transit District's 14-mile (23 km) MetroBikeLink shared-use path system.[6]

Station layout

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The island platform is accessed via a single ramp that connects to the MetroBikeLink trail and ramps to Frank Scott Parkway.

Street Entrance/exit, bus bays, park and ride
Westbound      Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Fairview Heights)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound      Red Line toward Shiloh–Scott (Swansea)

Notable places nearby

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References

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  1. ^ "Bus Bays" (PDF). Metro Transit. January 2021. p. 17. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  2. ^ "Illinois System Map" (Map). Metro Transit. April 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  3. ^ "System Addresses". Metro Transit. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  4. ^ Leiser, Ken (April 30, 2001). "MetroLink Extension Opens This Weekend With Parking to Spare". The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. A9. Retrieved April 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  5. ^ "Memorial Hospital Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  6. ^ Cella, Kim (May 16, 2022). "SCCTD Encourages Use of the MetroBikeLink System During National Bike to Work Week". Citizens For Modern Transit. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
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