Grand station (MetroLink)

Grand

MetroLink light rail station

Grand Station in 2006

Location

3560 Scott Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63110

Coordinates

38°37′46″N 90°14′08″W / 38.629515°N 90.235431°WCoordinates: 38°37′46″N 90°14′08″W / 38.629515°N 90.235431°W

Owned by

Bi-State Development Agency

Operated by

Metro Transit

Line(s)

Red Line

Blue Line

Platforms

Island platform

Tracks

Connections

MetroBus: 70, 58X, 410X

Construction

Structure type

Embankment

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

July 31, 1993

Rebuilt

2011-12

Traffic

Passengers (2007)

4,455 daily

Services

Preceding station		MetroLink		Following station
Central West End toward Lambert Airport Terminal 1		Red Line		Union Station toward Shiloh–Scott
Central West End toward Shrewsbury-Lansdowne I-44		Blue Line		Union Station toward Fairview Heights

Grand is a St. Louis MetroLink station in St. Louis, Missouri. The station consists of a single island platform situated beneath the Grand Boulevard viaduct. Grand is accessible by two elevators and sets of stairs that provide access to both northbound and southbound Grand Boulevard and a ramp on Scott Avenue. The station was renovated beginning in 2011, and opened in late 2012.

The station is near Saint Louis University and Grand Center. At the north end of the viaduct there is a unique, saucer-roofed concrete building that formerly housed a Del Taco restaurant, also a gas station with a convenience store, at the south there are Captain D's and Rally's locations. The saucer-roofed building has been renovated and split into two sections. It houses a Starbucks coffeehouse and a Chipotle Mexican Grill for commuters and the nearby campus.

Reconstruction

Cavity where an elevator shaft used to be on the platform, 2011, the station has since been rebuilt and is operational

In March 2011, the station was temporarily closed to permit the demolition of the Grand Boulevard viaduct and the station's original 1993 elevator towers and stairs. A temporary station was employed while the bridge was replaced during an 18-24 month construction project. The project included the construction of a new MetroLink station, as well. The new expanded and improved station and transfer center on Scott Avenue underneath the completed viaduct opened on August 20, 2012.

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