Delmar Loop station
{{Short description|Station in St. Louis MetroLink light rail system, Missouri, USA}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Delmar Loop
| style = MetroLink (St. Louis)
| image = 20040531 10 St. Louis Metrolink Light Rail Delmar Loop (7841790164).jpg
| image_caption = Delmar Loop station platforms as seen from above
| address = 660 Rosedale Avenue
| borough = St. Louis, Missouri
| coordinates = {{coord|38.655653|-90.294591|region:US_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
| owned = Bi-State Development
| operator = Metro Transit
| platform = 2 side platforms
| tracks = 2
| bus_stands = 6{{Citation |date=December 2024 |title=Metro Transit Center: Bus Bay Layout |page=9 |work=Metro Transit |url=https://www.metrostlouis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Metro-Bus-Bay.pdf |access-date=April 28, 2025}}
| connections = {{bus icon}} MetroBus Missouri: 02, 16, 91, 97
| structure = Below-grade
| parking = 362 spaces{{Cite web |title=System Addresses |url=https://www.metrostlouis.org/system-maps/addresses/ |access-date=May 31, 2023 |website=Metro Transit |language=en}}
| bicycle = Rack
| 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}}
| former = Delmar
| pass_year = 2018
| passengers = 1,692 daily
| pass_rank = 6 out of 38
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=MetroLink (St. Louis)|line=Red|left=Wellston|right=Forest Park–DeBaliviere
}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-light |marker-color=#{{rcr|MetroLink (St. Louis)|Red}} |zoom=15 }}
}}
Delmar Loop station is a light rail station on the Red Line of the St. Louis MetroLink system.{{Cite web |title=Delmar Loop Station |url=https://www.metrostlouis.org/metrolink-station/delmar-loop-station/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Metro Transit – Saint Louis |language=en}} This below-grade station is adjacent to Delmar Boulevard and Des Peres and Hodiamont avenues and serves the popular Delmar Loop area.
The Loop Trolley, a seasonally operated heritage streetcar service that travels along Delmar Boulevard and DeBaliviere Avenue, has a stop adjacent to the entrance of the station.{{Cite web |title=STL Loop Trolley |url=https://www.looptrolley.com/ |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=STL Loop Trolley |language=en}}
History
The station is located below the Wabash Railroad's Delmar Boulevard station, which closed in 1970.
On July 26, 2022, the Delmar Loop station was impacted by a flash flood that shut down MetroLink for nearly 72 hours and caused roughly $40 million in overall damage.{{Cite web |last=Lindsey |date=August 16, 2022 |title=MetroLink Flood Damage Update |url=https://www.metrostlouis.org/nextstop/metrolink-flood-damage-update/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912184611/https://www.metrostlouis.org/nextstop/metrolink-flood-damage-update/ |archive-date=September 12, 2022 |access-date=September 12, 2022 |website=metrostlouis.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Schrappen |first=Colleen |date=August 21, 2022 |title=MetroLink to resume full service, but cost for flood repairs could double |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/metrolink-to-resume-full-service-but-cost-for-flood-repairs-could-double/article_70bf3e11-22c2-5a90-b4b3-8bce5bb133e5.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912184611/https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/metrolink-to-resume-full-service-but-cost-for-flood-repairs-could-double/article_70bf3e11-22c2-5a90-b4b3-8bce5bb133e5.html |archive-date=September 12, 2022 |access-date=September 12, 2022 |website=STLtoday.com |language=en}} Damage near the Delmar Loop station included roughly {{convert|5|mi|km|1|adj=off}} of track bed, a communications room and a two-car train.{{Cite web |last=Jerry |date=2023-08-09 |title=Flood Update: Metro Transit Receives $27.7 Million in Disaster Relief Funding |url=https://www.metrostlouis.org/nextstop/flood-update-metro-transit-receives-27-7-million-in-disaster-relief-funding/ |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=Metro Transit – Saint Louis |language=en}} By September, normal Red Line service had resumed while restricted service continued on the Blue Line.{{Cite web |last=Jerry |date=2022-09-01 |title=MetroLink Changes Starting September 5: Blue Line Service to Operate Between Shrewsbury and Forest Park |url=https://www.metrostlouis.org/nextstop/metrolink-changes-starting-september-5-blue-line-service-operating-between-shrewsbury-and-forest-park/ |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=Metro Transit – Saint Louis |language=en}} On July 31, 2023, Metro received $27.7 million in federal emergency disaster relief funding to help cover the cost of flood damage.{{Cite web |last=Schlinkmann |first=Mark |date=2023-08-01 |title=Metro gets nearly $28 million in federal aid to cover repairs after 2022 flood |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/metro-gets-nearly-28-million-in-federal-aid-to-cover-repairs-after-2022-flood/article_beef2952-2fde-11ee-baa6-2f17be35d7f1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905225938/https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/metro-gets-nearly-28-million-in-federal-aid-to-cover-repairs-after-2022-flood/article_beef2952-2fde-11ee-baa6-2f17be35d7f1.html |archive-date=September 5, 2023 |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=STLtoday.com |language=en}}
Station layout
The platforms can be accessed via stairs or ramps from Hodiamont Avenue, Des Peres Avenue, and the park and ride lot off of Rosedale Avenue.
Bus connections
Public artwork
In 1997, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work TileLink by Catharine Magel for installation along the pedestrian path between the park and ride lot and the station. TileLink demonstrates how the impact of public art can be a rallying point for the revitalization of neighborhoods and communities. TileLink was the first permanent artwork installation commissioned by Arts in Transit.{{Cite web |title=TileLink |url=https://www.artsintransit.org/portfolio/titelink/ |access-date=October 3, 2022 |website=Arts in Transit, Inc |language=en-US}}
In 2003, the Arts in Transit program commissioned another work nearby the station along the Pageant walkway. Titled Vertical Loop and created by Ron Fondaw, the piece is an installation of seven sculptures composed of three-dimensional, fiberglass objects designed to reflect the Delmar Loop.{{Cite web |title=Vertical Loop |url=https://www.artsintransit.org/portfolio/vertical-loop-2003-ron-fondaw/ |access-date=October 3, 2022 |website=Arts in Transit, Inc |language=en-US}}
In 2009, Arts in Transit commissioned another work for the station. Titled Hive and created by Janet Lofquist, the honeycomb structure, made of weathering steel, is a symbol for the collective spirit of the community.{{Cite web |title=Hive |url=https://www.artsintransit.org/portfolio/hive/ |access-date=October 3, 2022 |website=Arts in Transit, Inc |language=en-US}} Starting as a beehive shape, the hexagonal geometry transitions into a spiral of growth and ends in an abstracted question mark. The weathered steel suggests an industrial past and contrasts with the white cell interiors.{{Cite web |title=Hive {{!}} janetlofquist |url=http://janetlofquist.com/hive/#1 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=janetlofquist.com}}
Notable places nearby
References
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External links
- [https://visittheloop.com Delmar Loop]
- [https://www.metrostlouis.org/metrolink-station/delmar-loop-station/ Delmar Loop station]
- [http://www.metrostlouis.org/ Metro St. Louis]
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