Civic Center station (MetroLink)

{{Short description|Station in St. Louis MetroLink light rail system, Missouri, USA}}

{{For|other stations named Civic Center|Civic Center station (disambiguation){{!}}Civic Center station}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}}

{{Infobox station

| style = MetroLink (St. Louis)

| name = Civic Center

| image = MetroLink Civic Center Station St Louis MO.jpg

| image_caption = Civic Center station platform

| address = 1413 Spruce Street

| borough = St. Louis, Missouri

| coordinates = {{coord|38.624925|-90.203170|region:US_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}

| owned = Bi-State Development Agency

| operator = Metro Transit

| platform = 1 island platform

| tracks = 2

| bus_stands = 17{{Cite web |date=January 2021 |title=Bus Bays |url=https://www.metrostlouis.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jan2021BusBays.pdf |access-date=May 26, 2023 |website=Metro Transit |page=7}}

| connections = {{Unbulleted list

| {{bus icon}} MetroBus Missouri: 4, 10, 11, 19, 30, 31, 32, 40, 41, 73, 74, 94, 97, 174X{{Cite map |date=November 2019 |title=Missouri System Map |work=Metro Transit |url=https://www.metrostlouis.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/191115v2-Metro-Missouri-Map-w_Dwntn-1.pdf |access-date=May 26, 2023}}

| {{bus icon}} Madison County Transit: 1X, 5, 14X, 16X{{Cite map |date=August 15, 2021 |title=System Map |url=https://www.mct.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021_System_Map_0821.pdf |access-date=May 24, 2023 |website=Madison County Transit}}

| {{rint|us|amtrak}} {{rint|bus}} {{rint|us|greyhound}} {{rint|us|megabus}} at Gateway Station

}}

| structure = Below-grade

| parking =

| bicycle = Racks

| accessible = Yes

| opened = {{Start date|1993|07|31}}{{Cite news |last=Lindecke |first=Fred W. |date=August 1, 1993 |title=Area Riders Throng to Try MetroLink |pages=1A, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75848225/metrolink-part-2-august-1-1993/ 6A] |work=The St. Louis Post-Dispatch |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75848210/metrolink-august-1-1993/ |access-date=April 15, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}}

| rebuilt = 2017

| pass_year = 2018

| passengers = 2,217 daily

| pass_rank = 5 out of 38

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=MetroLink (St. Louis)

|line1=Blue|left1=Union Station|right1=Stadium

|line2=Red|left2=Union Station|right2=Stadium

}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-light |marker-color=#000 |zoom=15 }}

}}

Civic Center station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system.{{Cite web |title=Civic Center Station |url=https://www.metrostlouis.org/metrolink-station/civic-center-station/ |access-date=September 12, 2022 |website=metrostlouis.org |language=en}} This below-grade station is located near 14th and Spruce streets near Interstate 64. It is also the primary transfer station for MetroBus and serves bus routes operated by Madison County Transit. Additionally, the station adjoins the Gateway Multimodal Transportation Center which has intercity services provided by Amtrak, Greyhound, and others.

File:Civic Center MetroLink 2024.png

On August 14, 2017, MetroBus service returned to the station after an extensive renovation of the bus station portion of Civic Center. It included multiple new bus bays, a security center, an indoor waiting area and public restrooms.{{Cite web |last=Hibbard |first=Matthew |date=July 18, 2017 |title=Special Events Planned Ahead of Civic Center Transit Center Reopening |url=https://www.metrostlouis.org/nextstop/special-events-planned-ahead-of-civic-center-transit-center-reopening/ |access-date=September 12, 2022 |website=metrostlouis.org |language=en}}