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A view of the rail platform at St. Louis' Gateway Station |
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| Address | 430 South 15th Street St. Louis, MO 63103 |
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| Lines | Amtrak |
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| Connections |
Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach, Metrolink Rail Lines: |
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| Platforms | 2 island platforms (Amtrak) 1 island platform (Metro) |
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| Tracks | 4 (Amtrak) 2 (Metro) |
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| Parking | Yes; Paid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Code | STL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | City of St. Louis (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 321,629[1] 15% (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Gateway Multimodal Transportation Center, also known as Gateway Transportation Station or Gateway Station, is a rail and bus terminal station in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. Opened in 2008 and operating 24 hours a day, it serves Amtrak, St. Louis MetroLink, MetroBus regional buses, Greyhound cross-country buses, and taxis. Missouri's largest rail transportation station, it is located one block east of St. Louis Union Station.
Gateway Station cost $31.4 million to build.[2] After more than a year of delays, it fully opened November 19, 2008, with Amtrak service.
The station's unique design has won several awards, including 2009 CNR Regional Excellence Award,[3] 2008 Best New Building by the Riverfront Times newspaper,[4] and the 2009 Award of Merit - Illuminating Engineering Society Illumination Awards.[5]
The station's food court hosts local sundries-and-deli businesses and franchised food outlets of KFC and Pizza Hut.
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Gateway Station serves as a terminal hub for:
Of the 12 Missouri stations served by Amtrak, St. Louis was the busiest in FY2010, seeing an average of nearly 900 passengers daily.[6]
Amtrak runs a daily bus, the Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach, to Carbondale, Illinois, where passengers can board the City of New Orleans train.
Gateway Station is next to the Civic Center (St. Louis MetroLink) station, which serves the Red Line and Blue Line.
It takes about 30 minutes to travel to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport's East and Main Terminals via the Metro Red Line.
The Transportation Center would also be the hub for the two proposed St. Louis Commuter Rail lines.[7]
Many MetroBus routes stop at the center, including:
The center is also a terminal for several bus routes of the Madison County Transit System, which serves the Metro East area of St. Louis.
Greyhound Bus Lines offers more than six national routes from Gateway Station. The center has 12 bus bays and separate security and arrival/departure gates.
Megabus offers express city-to-city service at Union Station on its M5 route (Normal, Ill. / Chicago, northbound; Columbia, Mo. / Kansas City, westbound); Memphis, Tennessee (southbound).
Budget Rent a Car has a desk next to the Greyhound ticketing counters, and other rental car companies can be contracted for pickup at the station.
The center has immediate 24-hour taxi service at its west entrance.
Approximate travel time by taxi, non-rush hour:
At its creation, in 1971, Amtrak served St. Louis from historic St. Louis Union Station. In November 1978, when Union Station closed, Amtrak moved to a modular structure two blocks east, at 550 S. 16th St. Intended for temporary use, this station remained in service for 26 years. In recognition of its low aesthetic value, many St. Louisans came to refer to this station as "Amshack."[8] Even with the reopening of Union Station, Amtrak continued to serve passengers through this "temporary" facility. On December 20, 2004, Amtrak moved across the street to a 4,000-square-foot (370 m2) building, at 551 South 16th St, built of masonry and steel at an estimated cost of $600,000. Following the move to the new Gateway Transportation Station in 2008, the previous building now houses Amtrak operating and mechanical crews.[9]
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