Central West End station
Central West End station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system. This at-grade station is located in the Central West End neighborhood just southeast of the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Children's Place. This station also serves a large MetroBus transfer and is the most used station on the MetroLink system.
History
In April 2021, Metro, in partnership with the Washington University School of Medicine and BJC HealthCare, completed a major upgrade to the station. Included was a new glass canopy covering 60% of the platform, a glass elevator outside of the path of pedestrian travel, a WUSM welcome center at the Euclid level entrance and exit, the main stairwell was widened from to, additional lighting and fencing was added, and the station aesthetic was modified to match adjacent hospital buildings.Station layout
The station can be accessed by stairs or an elevator at the west end of the platform near Euclid Avenue and Children's Place. The Central West End MetroBus Center is located on the ground level of the Barnes-Jewish staff parking garage and is accessible via lighted walkway from the east end of the platform.Bus connections
The following MetroBus lines serve the adjacent Central West End MetroBus Center:- 01 Gold
- 08 Shaw-Cherokee
- 10 Gravois-Lindell
- 13 Union
- 18 Taylor
- 42 Sarah
- 59 Oakland
- 95 Kingshighway