Red Line (St. Louis MetroLink)

Red Line
Eastbound Red Line train traveling through the Central West End
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Bi-State Development Agency
Locale	Greater St. Louis, Missouri–Illinois, U.S.
Termini	Lambert Airport Terminal 1 (west) Shiloh–Scott (east)
Stations	29 (1 under construction)
Website	metrostlouis.org/metrolink
Service
Type	Light rail
System	St. Louis MetroLink
Operator(s)	Metro Transit
Depot(s)	Ewing Yard and Shops 29th Street Yard and Shops
History
Opened	July 31, 1993 (1993-07-31)
Previous names	Lambert Airport Branch
Technical
Line length	38 mi (61 km)
Character	Elevated, subway, at-grade
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line, 750 V DC
Route map Red Line highlighted in red Show interactive map Legend Lambert Airport Terminal 1 Lambert Airport Terminal 2 I-70 North Hanley UMSL–North UMSL–South Rock Road Terminal Railroad Wellston Delmar Loop Blue Line to Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44 Forest Park–DeBaliviere Central West End Cortex I-64 / US 40 Grand Ewing Yard I-64 / US 40 Union Station Civic Center Stadium 8th & Pine Convention Center I-44 Laclede's Landing Eads Bridge over the Mississippi River MO IL East Riverfront 5th & Missouri I-64 Emerson Park Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center I-64 29th Street Yard Washington Park I-255 / US 50 Fairview Heights Memorial Hospital Swansea Norfolk Southern Railway Belleville College Norfolk Southern Railway Shiloh–Scott (via ) MidAmerica St. Louis Airport Tracks shared with the Blue Line All stations are accessible This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram

The Red Line is the older and longer line of the MetroLink light rail system in Greater St. Louis. It serves 29 stations across three counties and two states.