Gateway Transportation Center
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A view of the rail platform at St. Louis' Gateway Station
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Location | 430 South 15th Street St. Louis, MO 63103 United States |
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Coordinates | 38°37′27″N 90°12′13″W / 38.62417°N 90.20361°WCoordinates: 38°37′27″N 90°12′13″W / 38.62417°N 90.20361°W | |||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | City of Saint Louis | |||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 island platforms | |||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
Train operators | Amtrak | |||||||||||||||||||
Bus stands | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
Bus operators |
Greyhound Burlington Trailways Megabus Thruway Motorcoach |
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Connections | Civic Center (St. Louis MetroLink) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | 116 long term and 40 short term parking spaces | |||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak code: STL | |||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Passengers (2016) | 333,266 3.1% (Amtrak) | |||||||||||||||||||
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The Gateway Multimodal Transportation Center, also known as Gateway Station, is a rail and bus terminal station in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. Opened in 2008 and operating 24 hours a day, it serves Amtrak trains and Greyhound and Burlington Trailways interstate buses. Missouri's largest rail transportation station, it is located one block east of St. Louis Union Station.
Gateway Station cost $31.4 million to build. and after more than a year of delays, it fully opened November 19, 2008. The station's unique design has won several awards, including 2009 St. Louis Construction News and Real Estate's Regional Excellence Award, 2008 Best New Building by the Riverfront Times, and the 2009 Award of Merit - Illuminating Engineering Society Illumination Awards.
Gateway Station serves as a terminal hub for:
Of the 12 Missouri stations served by Amtrak, St. Louis was the busiest in FY2015, seeing an average of 885 passengers daily. The station is served by Amtrak's Missouri River Runner, Lincoln Service, and the Texas Eagle, with all but Texas Eagle originating and terminating at the station.
Gateway Station is next to the 1993-built Civic Center (St. Louis MetroLink) station, which serves the Red Line and Blue Line.
It takes about 30 minutes to travel to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport's Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 via the Metro Red Line.