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The Gateway Multimodal Transportation Center, also known as Gateway Transportation Station or Gateway Station, is a rail and bus terminal station in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. Opened in 2008 and operating 24 hours a day, it serves Amtrak, St. Louis MetroLink, MetroBus regional buses, Greyhound cross-country buses, and taxis. Missouri's largest rail transportation station, it is located one block east of St. Louis Union Station.

Gateway Station cost $31.4 million to build.[2] After more than a year of delays, it fully opened November 19, 2008, with Amtrak service.

The station's unique design has won several awards, including 2009 St. Louis Construction News and Real Estate Regional Excellence Award,[3] 2008 Best New Building by the Riverfront Times newspaper,[4] and the 2009 Award of Merit - Illuminating Engineering Society Illumination Awards.[5]

The station's food court hosts local sundries-and-deli businesses and franchised food outlets of KFC and Pizza Hut.

Contents

    1 Transportation
        1.1 Amtrak
            1.1.1 Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach connections
        1.2 MetroLink (light rail)
        1.3 Bus connections
            1.3.1 City buses
                1.3.1.1 MetroBus
                1.3.1.2 Madison County Transit
            1.3.2 Greyhound Bus Lines
            1.3.3 MegaBus
        1.4 Rental cars
        1.5 Taxis
    2 Previous Amtrak facilities in St. Louis
    3 References
    4 External links

Transportation

Gateway Station serves as a terminal hub for:
Amtrak

Of the 12 Missouri stations served by Amtrak, St. Louis was the busiest in FY2010, seeing an average of nearly 900 passengers daily. The station is served by Amtrak's Missouri River Runner, Lincoln Service, and the Texas Eagle,[6] with all but Texas Eagle originating and terminating at the station.
Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach connections

Amtrak runs a daily bus, the Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach, to Carbondale, Illinois, where passengers can board the City of New Orleans train.
MetroLink (light rail)

Gateway Station is next to the Civic Center (St. Louis MetroLink) station, which serves the Red Line and Blue Line.

It takes about 30 minutes to travel to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport's East and Main Terminals via the Metro Red Line.

The Transportation Center would also be the hub for the two proposed St. Louis Commuter Rail lines.[7]
Bus connections
City buses
MetroBus

Many MetroBus routes stop at the center, including:

    4 Natural Bridge
    8 Bates Morgan Ford
    10 Gravois Lindell
    11 Chippewa
    30 Soulard
    32 Martin Luther King - Chouteau
    41 Lee
    73 Carondelet
    74 Florissant
    80 Park-Shaw
    94 Page
    97 Delmar
    99 Downtown Trolley
    40X I-55 Mehlville Express
    58X Twin-Oaks Express
    410X Eureka Express
    174X Halls Ferry Express
    36X Bissell Hills Express

Madison County Transit

The center is also a terminal for several bus routes of the Madison County Transit System, which serves the Metro East area of St. Louis.

    18X Collinsville Express
    16X Edwardsville – Glen Carbon Express
    14X Highland – St. Louis Express
    3X Gateway Commerce Center Express
    1X Riverbend Express

Greyhound Bus Lines
Greyhound Lines station in St. Louis with the Scottrade Center in the background on 24 May 2010

Greyhound Bus Lines offers more than six national routes from Gateway Station. The center has 12 bus bays and separate security and arrival/departure gates.
MegaBus

Megabus offers express city-to-city service at Union Station on its M5 route (Normal, Illinois / Chicago, northbound; Columbia, Missouri / Kansas City, westbound; Memphis, Tennessee, southbound).
Rental cars

Budget Rent a Car has a desk next to the Greyhound ticketing counters, and other rental car companies can be contracted for pickup at the station.
Taxis

The center has immediate 24-hour taxi service at its west entrance.

Approximate travel time by taxi, non-rush hour:

    Downtown St. Louis hotels: 5–8 minutes
    St. Louis International Airport: 25–30 minutes
    MidAmerica St. Louis Airport: 30 minutes
    Gateway Arch/Laclede's Landing: 8 minutes
    America's Center/Convention Center: 8–10 minutes
    Midtown/Theatre District: 12 minutes
    Central West End: 10–15 minutes
    Clayton Business District: 15 minutes


Previous Amtrak facilities in St. Louis
The former temporary Amtrak station, a small single story utility structure

Created in 1971, Amtrak operated from St. Louis Union Station until the historic structure closed in November 1978. Amtrak then moved to a modular structure two blocks east, at 550 S. 16th St. Intended for temporary use, this station — soon dubbed "Amshack" — remained in service for 26 years, even after Union Station reopened.[8] On December 20, 2004, Amtrak moved across the street to 551 South 16th Street, a 4,000-square-foot (370 m2) masonry and steel structure built at an estimated cost of $600,000. The building now houses Amtrak operating and mechanical crews.[9]