Comments on: What’s Your Favorite Bus Route?

By: Courtney

Courtney — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:16:31 +0000

I’m not sure how the #56 routed previously, but the #57 Manchester will now be split at Maplewood MetroLink Station, with west becoming the #57 Manchester, and the east becoming the #32 M.L.King/Chouteau, which travels more frequently down Manchester and Chouteau towards downtown. The #16 City Limits is unchanged, and the #56 will extend to Meramec College.

By: CH

CH — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:19:35 +0000

My favorite route used to be the 56 Kirkwood-Webster before the rerouting. Speaking of, I heard that there is talk of another line similar to the previous 56 that might help out us neglected folks in Maplewood. Any truth to that?

By: CP

CP — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:27:20 +0000

I have a few…

70 Grand

4 Natural Bridge

And the always fun 95 Kingshighway!

By: Melissa @ HerGreenLife

Melissa @ HerGreenLife — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:32:45 +0000

95 Kingshighway is my go-to route. It gets me to the CWE, with all its great attractions and MetroLink access.

By: Patrick Richmond

Patrick Richmond — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:10:22 +0000

Mine is the #17 Oakville because it serves Affton and lots of old folks live there and with the workforce now trying to turn to older workers, that bus is a good route. I remember when that was the Clayton Oakville line. I remember that line had several 30 foot Rhor Flxibles on it. They were good buses but since they weren’t ADA complient, Metro was forced to take them out of service.

By: Joe Frank

Joe Frank — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:44:33 +0000

My favorite route is the #40 Broadway. While it’s not the most glamorous route in town, you do get to see a lot of industrial activity, and it’s a true workhorse route. The job of the #40 is to get people to work, which is the first and foremost job of public transit.

It’s also the route I most commonly rode to work downtown for a number of years, first from my mom’s house off Telegraph in South County, and later from my own first house on Indiana in the Marine Villa neighborhood.

It’s still the only true “crosstown” route through downtown, traveling all the way from Jefferson Barracks VA Hospital to the north end of Baden.

My only quibble with the current routing is that it deviates from Broadway proper from Arsenal in the south all the way to Howard Street in the north, so it no longer gives the vistas of Soulard Market, Busch Stadium and the Arch that it used to. I suppose you just gotta transfer to the #30 now.

Remember when the bus schedules were color-coded based on region? I believe there was Orange (South), Red (Southwest), Blue (North), and Grey for the cross-towns. There were also west and northwest colors but I can’t remember those anymore.

I don’t ride the Broadway much anymore, but I have fond memories, including a few friends I made on that route when I was a daily bus rider.

By: PeterXCV

PeterXCV — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:52:26 +0000

I’d have to say my favorite is the #59 Shaw, it never has crowds so large that one has to stand and all the neighborhoods it goes through are good for architecture and it is also surprisingly quick.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:29:05 +0000

I like the 97 Delmar route. This is one of the routes that provide a direct link and/or close proximaty to several vibrant areas including the downtown loft district, the Grand Center, the Delmar/U-City loop and the Brentwood-Clayton area, which offer entertainment, good restaurants and shopping. West of the Loop, this route provides a pleasant trip through treeline neighborhoods with fascinating architectural building structures and mansions.

By: Jeff S

Jeff S — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:27:28 +0000

I enjoy taking the 32 Wellston / MLK and transfering to the 95 South Kingshighway / Hampton Loop.

First and foremost, it takes me from my house in Breckenridge Hills to the Royale for only $2.75. Past that, I love the driver’s recording for the 95.

“South Kingshiiiiiiiiiiiighway” Once you hear that about 30 times, it gets burned into your brain and you can’t say Kingshighway in the correct fashion any longer.

By: RTBones

RTBones — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:18:42 +0000

Interesting question. Except my favorite “bus route” is not a bus route at all — that would be the Red Line, the original Metrolink route here in St. Louis.

Why? It is one of the few routes that I have ridden that you see people from all walks of life. You see everybody from the TSA workers at the airport, to lawyers going to work downtown. You see people who have to take transit, and people who want to take it. You see travelers from almost everywhere. Sometimes they are students going home. Sometimes they are aircrew going to work. Other times they are business people going wherever business takes them, just like me.

The Red Line gets me to Blues games, Cardinals games, and Rams games too.

The Red Line also gets me food and drink — from Tigin at 4th and Washington, to Jack Patricks at 10th and Olive. Then there is the Broadway Oyster Bar, near Busch Stadium, along with BB’s Jazz and Blues. Further out, there it Tom’s Bar & Grill in the Central West End, and the Greek Food of Majestic. If its music I am after, take it to Delmar and the start of the Loop for the Pageant, and a short walk further is St. Louis icon Blueberry Hill.

Then there is my favorite part of the Red Line — it gets me home.