Cortex station
{{Short description|Light rail station in Missouri, US}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox station
| style = MetroLink (St. Louis)
| name = Cortex
| image = Cortex Shelter.jpg
| image_caption = Cortex station in 2020
| address = 448 South Boyle Avenue
| borough = St. Louis, Missouri
| coordinates = {{coord|38.633700|-90.251124|region:US_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
| owned = Bi-State Development
| operator = Metro Transit
| platform = 1 island platform
| tracks = 2
| connections =
| structure = At-grade
| parking =
| bicycle = Racks, Brickline Greenway
| accessible = Yes
| opened = {{Start date|2018|07|31}}{{Cite news |last=Petrin |first=Kae M. |date=July 31, 2018 |title=Cortex MetroLink stop opens with promises of tech job growth |language=en |work=St. Louis Public Radio (KWMU) |url=https://news.stlpublicradio.org/economy-business/2018-07-31/cortex-metrolink-stop-opens-with-promises-of-tech-job-growth |access-date=May 31, 2023}}
| pass_year = 2018
| passengers = 900 daily
| pass_rank = 19 out of 38
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=MetroLink (St. Louis)
|line1=Blue|left1=Central West End|right1=Grand
|line2=Red|left2=Central West End|right2=Grand
}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-light |marker-color=#000 |zoom=15 }}
}}
Cortex station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system.{{Cite web |title=Cortex Station |url=https://www.metrostlouis.org/metrolink-station/cortex-station/ |access-date=October 10, 2022 |website=metrostlouis.org |language=en}} This at-grade station is located just east of Boyle Avenue in the Cortex Innovation Community in St. Louis.
History
Cortex opened on July 31, 2018, as an infill station to serve the growing Cortex community in St. Louis' Central West End neighborhood. It was built as a public-private partnership between the Bi-State Development Agency (Metro), Washington University in St. Louis, BJC HealthCare, and the City of St. Louis.{{Cite web |title=Cortex MetroLink Station |url=https://www.metrostlouis.org/metro-projects/cortex-metrolink-station/ |access-date=October 10, 2022 |website=metrostlouis.org |language=en}}File:Cortex Plaza.jpgThe Great Rivers Greenway District opened the first segment of the Brickline Greenway with the new station. The Brickline is slated to connect the Gateway Arch and Forest Park and to North and South St. Louis.{{Cite web |date=March 11, 2020 |title=Brickline Greenway – Great Rivers Greenway |url=https://greatriversgreenway.org/greenway/brickline-greenway/,%20https://greatriversgreenway.org/greenway/brickline-greenway/ |access-date=September 12, 2022 |website=greatriversgreenway.org |language=en-US}}
Station layout
The platform is accessed via a single entrance from a plaza adjacent to the Brickline Greenway.
| border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" table
| style="border-top:solid 1px gray" |Westbound | style="border-top:solid 1px gray" |← {{rcb|MetroLink (St. Louis)|Blue|inline=yes}} toward {{Stl|MetroLink (St. Louis)|Shrewsbury}} {{small|({{Stl|MetroLink (St. Louis)|Central West End}})}} |
| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center" |{{small|Island platform, doors will open on the left}} |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray" |Eastbound
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray" |{{0|←}} {{rcb|MetroLink (St. Louis)|Red|inline=yes}} toward {{Stl|MetroLink (St. Louis)|Shiloh–Scott}} {{small|({{Stl|MetroLink (St. Louis)|Grand}})}} → |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray" valign="top" |Street
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray" valign="top" |Entrance/exit, Brickline Greenway |
Notable places nearby
References
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External links
- [https://www.cortexstl.org Cortex Innovation Community]
- [https://greatriversgreenway.org/ Great Rivers Greenway]
- [http://www.metrostlouis.org/ Metro St. Louis]
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Category:MetroLink stations in St. Louis
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 2018
Category:Red Line (St. Louis MetroLink)