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<p>Created page with &quot;<a href="/Vampire/index.php/Saint_Louis" title="Saint Louis">St. Louis</a> &lt;br&gt; The Gateway Multimodal Transportation Center, also known as Gateway Transportation Station or Gateway Station, is a rail and bus terminal stati...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Saint Louis|St. Louis]] &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> 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&#039;s largest rail transportation station, it is located one block east of St. Louis Union Station.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> The station&#039;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]<br /> <br /> The station&#039;s food court hosts local sundries-and-deli businesses and franchised food outlets of KFC and Pizza Hut.<br /> <br /> Contents<br /> <br /> 1 Transportation<br /> 1.1 Amtrak<br /> 1.1.1 Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach connections<br /> 1.2 MetroLink (light rail)<br /> 1.3 Bus connections<br /> 1.3.1 City buses<br /> 1.3.1.1 MetroBus<br /> 1.3.1.2 Madison County Transit<br /> 1.3.2 Greyhound Bus Lines<br /> 1.3.3 MegaBus<br /> 1.4 Rental cars<br /> 1.5 Taxis<br /> 2 Previous Amtrak facilities in St. Louis<br /> 3 References<br /> 4 External links<br /> <br /> Transportation<br /> <br /> Gateway Station serves as a terminal hub for:<br /> Amtrak<br /> <br /> 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&#039;s Missouri River Runner, Lincoln Service, and the Texas Eagle,[6] with all but Texas Eagle originating and terminating at the station.<br /> Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach connections<br /> <br /> Amtrak runs a daily bus, the Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach, to Carbondale, Illinois, where passengers can board the City of New Orleans train.<br /> MetroLink (light rail)<br /> <br /> Gateway Station is next to the Civic Center (St. Louis MetroLink) station, which serves the Red Line and Blue Line.<br /> <br /> It takes about 30 minutes to travel to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport&#039;s East and Main Terminals via the Metro Red Line.<br /> <br /> The Transportation Center would also be the hub for the two proposed St. Louis Commuter Rail lines.[7]<br /> Bus connections<br /> City buses<br /> MetroBus<br /> <br /> Many MetroBus routes stop at the center, including:<br /> <br /> 4 Natural Bridge<br /> 8 Bates Morgan Ford<br /> 10 Gravois Lindell<br /> 11 Chippewa<br /> 30 Soulard<br /> 32 Martin Luther King - Chouteau<br /> 41 Lee<br /> 73 Carondelet<br /> 74 Florissant<br /> 80 Park-Shaw<br /> 94 Page<br /> 97 Delmar<br /> 99 Downtown Trolley<br /> 40X I-55 Mehlville Express<br /> 58X Twin-Oaks Express<br /> 410X Eureka Express<br /> 174X Halls Ferry Express<br /> 36X Bissell Hills Express<br /> <br /> Madison County Transit<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 18X Collinsville Express<br /> 16X Edwardsville – Glen Carbon Express<br /> 14X Highland – St. Louis Express<br /> 3X Gateway Commerce Center Express<br /> 1X Riverbend Express<br /> <br /> Greyhound Bus Lines<br /> Greyhound Lines station in St. Louis with the Scottrade Center in the background on 24 May 2010<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> MegaBus<br /> <br /> 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).<br /> Rental cars<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> Taxis<br /> <br /> The center has immediate 24-hour taxi service at its west entrance.<br /> <br /> Approximate travel time by taxi, non-rush hour:<br /> <br /> Downtown St. Louis hotels: 5–8 minutes<br /> St. Louis International Airport: 25–30 minutes<br /> MidAmerica St. Louis Airport: 30 minutes<br /> Gateway Arch/Laclede&#039;s Landing: 8 minutes<br /> America&#039;s Center/Convention Center: 8–10 minutes<br /> Midtown/Theatre District: 12 minutes<br /> Central West End: 10–15 minutes<br /> Clayton Business District: 15 minutes<br /> <br /> <br /> Previous Amtrak facilities in St. Louis<br /> The former temporary Amtrak station, a small single story utility structure<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;Amshack&quot; — 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]</div>

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