Ewing Yard (St. Louis MetroLink)

Coordinates: 38°37′32.17″N 90°13′15.08″W / 38.6256028°N 90.2208556°W / 38.6256028; -90.2208556

The Ewing Yard (also known as Jefferson Avenue Yard) is a rail yard for the St. Louis MetroLink light rail system in Greater St. Louis. One of the Bi-State Development Agency's major operation and maintenance facilities, the yard maintains the fleet of SD-400 and SD-460 electric light rail vehicles.

Located in St. Louis, Missouri, the yard sits on land bounded by Jefferson Avenue to the west, Scott Avenue to the north, and Ewing Avenue to the east.

The yard opened in 1993 with the first MetroLink line. It sits on the former site of Red Stocking Baseball Park.

External links

MetroLink homepage

MetroLink (St. Louis)

Lines	Red Line Blue Line

Infrastructure	Eads Bridge List of MetroLink stations

Rolling Stock	Siemens SD-400 Siemens SD-460

Rail yards	Ewing Yard 29th Street Yard

Connections	Forest Park–DeBaliviere Gateway Multimodal Transportation Center Lambert–St. Louis International Airport

Connecting services	MetroBus Madison County Transit St. Charles Area Transit Metro Call-A-Ride Delmar Loop Trolley

Proposed expansions	Daniel Boone Corridor MetroNorth Corridor MetroSouth Corridor NorthWest Connector NorthSide Corridor SouthSide Corridor St. Charles Corridor SouthWest Corridor MidAmerica Extension Phase 3 Madison County Corridors

Operators	Metro Transit (Bi-State Development Agency) St. Clair County Transit District

Italic denote lines or services which are proposed and planned.

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