Were you able to guess when this week’s Flashback Friday photo was taken? This photo was taken in 1942 on South Grand Avenue looking north. The building on the left ...
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Flashback Friday: A View of One of Metro’s Busiest Routes as It Looked 50+ Years Ago
Were you able to guess when this week’s Flashback Friday photo was taken? This photo was taken in 1942 on South Grand Avenue looking north. The building on the left is, of course, Saint Louis University Hospital, a.k.a. Firmin Desloge Hospital, dedicated in 1933. The smokestack in the background is the Pevely Dairy smokestack. Sadly, [...]
MetroLink Work Schedule May 28 through June 2
Work is scheduled on the MetroLink system Tuesday, May 28, through Sunday, June 2. Passengers may experience short delays in the work zones or may be transferred to a Shuttle Train. The affected areas of the MetroLink system are: College Station Shiloh-Scott Station To perform track work between College Station and Shiloh-Scott Station, regular MetroLink [...]
Metro Transit to Host Job Fair on June 1: Immediately Hiring Part-Time MetroBus Operators
Metro Transit is looking for energetic, reliable, responsible and safe drivers to join the MetroBus team as part-time operators. A Job Fair to identify interested candidates will be held on Saturday, June 1, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the MetroBus Central Facility located at 3300 Spruce Street, near Compton and Market Streets in [...]
Eads Bridge Inspires Artwork Dedicated At Arch-Laclede’s Landing MetroLink Station
The historic Eads Bridge has spanned the Mississippi River at St. Louis since 1874 and today carries thousands of MetroLink passengers and hundreds of personal and commercial vehicles between Missouri and Illinois every day. While the image of the bridge is familiar to most residents of the region, some of the elegant structural details of [...]
The Point 105.7 FM Gets a Jump on Dump the Pump Day This Friday with $50 Gift Cards for MetroLink Riders
Did you know that households that use public transportation and live with one less car can save on average $9,000 every year? According to the American Public Transportation Association, public transportation’s overall effects save the United States 4.2 billion gallons of gasoline annually. Riding public transit can save you money in several ways – especially [...]
Rider Alert: Stairway Project Begins May 21 At North Hanley MetroLink Station
Metro Transit will begin rebuilding the stairway in the northwest corner of the parking lot at the North Hanley MetroLink Station at 4398 Hanley Road in Berkeley which will require closing on May 21 a nearby section of the parking lot for use as a construction staging area. The closed parking section will be barricaded [...]
MetroLink Work Schedule May 20 through May 26
Scheduled work at College Station and Shiloh-Scott Station for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday has been cancelled. Work is scheduled on the MetroLink system Monday, May 20, through Sunday, May 26. Passengers may experience short delays in the work zones or use of a Shuttle Train. The affected areas of the MetroLink system are: Forsyth [...]
Flashback Friday: Polio Vaccines Given On Bus
Happy Friday! Were you able to guess when this week’s Flashback Friday photo was taken? This photo from the Museum of Transportation was taken in 1956 at the Pruitt-Igoe Complex. Pruitt–Igoe was a large urban housing project of 33 buildings on the Near North Side of St. Louis first occupied in 1954 and demolished between 1972 and 1975. According [...]
Bike To Work Day Inspiration From A Daily Bicyclist and Transit Rider
We celebrate National Bike to Work Day — tomorrow, May 17 — with a look at bike and transit super commuter Robert Droney. Droney, 45, is an attorney who works three blocks from the Busch Stadium MetroLink Station. From his home in Ballwin, he often commutes by bicycle — 26 miles each way. Sometimes he [...]
Winning Anti-Truancy Posters Designed By Local Students To Be Displayed On Metro Transit Vehicles
You don’t need a Ph.D to know that staying in school is an important message to instill in our youth. Metro Transit is proud to support and promote the St. Clair County Juvenile Justice Truancy Sub-Committee in its campaign to keep students in school. Earlier this year, middle/junior high and high school students in St. [...]
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- Flashback Friday: A View of One of Metro’s Busiest Routes as It Looked 50+ Years Ago
- MetroLink Work Schedule May 28 through June 2
- Metro Transit to Host Job Fair on June 1: Immediately Hiring Part-Time MetroBus Operators
- Eads Bridge Inspires Artwork Dedicated At Arch-Laclede’s Landing MetroLink Station
- The Point 105.7 FM Gets a Jump on Dump the Pump Day This Friday with $50 Gift Cards for MetroLink Riders
- Forest Park Trolley Part of New Traffic Relief Route and Trolley Service to Ease Forest Park Congestion Starting Friday, April 1
- Introducing the #99 Downtown Trolley!
- Metro Begins Bus Stop Evaluation Program to Make Routes More Efficient
- Introducing New Metrostlouis.Org Home Page
- Metro’s New Website Now Available Online – Give Us Your Feedback!
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