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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center (St. Louis MetroLink)

Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center station (also known as JJK Center) is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system. This at-grade station is adjacent to the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Youth Center and just north of Interstate 64's exit 4B (25th Street) in East St. Louis, Illinois.

This station has no park and ride lot but does feature a kiss and ride turnaround.

Station layout

The island platform is accessed via a single ramp on its west end that connects to the bus boarding area. There is also a set of stairs from the bus loop down an embankment to 25th Street.

Street level Entrance/exit, bus bays, kiss and ride
Platform level Westbound      Blue Line toward Shrewsbury (Emerson Park)
     Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Emerson Park)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound      Red Line toward Shiloh–Scott (Washington Park)
     Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Washington Park)

Notable places nearby

  • Jones Park

References

  1. ^ "Bus Bays" (PDF). Metro Transit. January 2021. p. 15. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
  2. ^ "Illinois System Map" (Map). Metro Transit. April 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
  3. ^ Leiser, Ken (April 30, 2001). "MetroLink Extension Opens This Weekend With Parking to Spare". The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. A9. Retrieved April 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  4. ^ "JJK Center Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved October 15, 2022.