Forest Park-DeBaliviere (St. Louis MetroLink)

Infobox Station
name=Forest Park-DeBaliviere


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address=250 DeBaliviere Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63112
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platform=Island platforms
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parking=100 park-ride spaces
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passengers=5,438 daily
pass_year=FY2007
pass_percent=0
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opened=July 31, 1993
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ADA=yes
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owned=Bi-State Development Agency dba Metro
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services=s-rail|title=STML
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Forest Park-DeBaliviere is a St. Louis MetroLink station, located at the northeast corner of Forest Park Parkway and DeBaliviere Avenue in St. Louis. This station is located just to the north of Forest Park. Attractions in the park include the St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Zoo, Missouri History Museum and The Muny in addition to athletic fields, biking and running trails, and golf courses. The station is the transfer point for trips between the Shrewsbury branch and the Lambert Airport branch. It also features 100 Park-Ride spaces. [cite web |url=http://www.metrostlouis.org/MetroLink/stationlist.asp |title=MetroLink Station List |publisher=Metro |accessdate=2008-08-14]

The Forest Park-DeBaliviere station opened on July 31 1993 as one of the original stations in the MetroLink system. It was originally constructed with side platforms and a single entrance serving the westbound platform. Access to the eastbound platform required walking the length of the westbound platform and crossing the tracks at the end. As part of the Cross-County extension of MetroLink from Forest Park-DeBaliviere to Shrewsbury-Lansdowne I-44, the station was reconstructed with an island platform to allow easy cross platform transfers between the Shrewsbury and Lambert Airport lines and two station entrances, one on either side of DeBaliviere Avenue. [cite web |url=http://www.crosscountymetro.org/news/2006/PSR_12_06v71FINAL.pdf |title=Cross County MetroLink Extension - Final Project Status Report |date=December 2006 |publisher=Metro |pages=23 |accessdate=2008-08-14]

Bus connections

* 3 Forest Park Shuttle (May – September ONLY)
* 90 Hampton

References

External links

* [http://www.metrostlouis.org/ St. Louis Metro]