Wellston station


Wellston station is a light rail station on the Red Line of the St. Louis MetroLink system. An at-grade station with 243 park-and-ride spaces, it primarily serves commuters. The station's name reflects its location: the inner-ring suburb of Wellston, Missouri.
In 2023, Great Rivers Greenway District|Great Rivers Greenway] completed a extension to the St. Vincent Greenway between Trojan Park and Robert L. Powell Place. The greenway parallels Stephen Jones Avenue and then Plymouth Avenue where it connects with this station.

Station layout

Wellston is the only MetroLink station with split platforms. The westbound platform is north of Plymouth Avenue while the eastbound platform is to the south. Each platform can be reached via a ramp from Plymouth.

Public art

In 2013, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Everyone Appreciates a Punctual Train by Mary Lucking for this station. The bronze figurines represent animals, unconcerned with schedules, who live by the natural rhythms set by the sun and the seasons. This artwork depicts a reality in which these animals share the wait with us and commiserate with the desire to move time forward despite the unmoving clock hands.

Notable places nearby