Convention Center station (MetroLink)
Convention Center station is a St. Louis MetroLink subway station. This station is located in Downtown St. Louis and primarily serves the Dome and convention facilities at America's Center, the Marriott St. Louis Grand Hotel, and the Washington Avenue Loft District.
Convention Center | ||||||||||||||||
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Convention Center station platform | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 600 North 6th Street St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38.630224°N 90.189362°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Bi-State Development | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | July 31, 1993 | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 1,309 daily | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | 12 out of 38 | |||||||||||||||
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The station was built within the historic St. Louis Freight Tunnel that originally opened in 1874. Built to carry train traffic between the Eads Bridge and the Mill Creek Valley rail yards, it saw its last train (Amtrak) in 1974. Renovation of the tunnels began in 1991 to prepare them for the opening of MetroLink in 1993. In 1992, just east of this station, a portion of the tunnel beneath Washington Avenue and Broadway collapsed, injuring no one.
On January 20, 2023, Metro Transit announced that Convention Center would undergo a full rehabilitation. These improvements include updating elevators, escalators and stair access, lighting upgrades, improved signage and way-finding, a deep cleaning, and general infrastructure upgrades like new walls and flooring.