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MetroLink Work Scheduled for Week of May 13

UPDATE: 5/15 3:00 p.m. Single track operations scheduled for Monday at the College Station was cancelled. 5/14 3:00 p.m. Single track operations scheduled for Monday at the Forsyth and Clayton MetroLink Stations was cancelled. 5/13 3:00 p.m. Single track operations scheduled for Monday at the Forsyth and Clayton MetroLink Stations was cancelled.  Work is scheduled on the MetroLink [...]

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Flashback Friday: Infantry Parade Downtown

 Were you able to guess when and where this week’s Flashback Friday photo was taken? This photo provided by the  Missouri History Museum was taken on May 9, 1919, on Twelfth Street (now Tucker Boulevard). It shows a parade of the Army 138th Infantry marching down Twelfth Street past a court–of-honor in the reviewing stands. According [...]

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MetroLink Work Scheduled Week of April 29

UPDATE 5/2/13 4 p.m. Platform tile work planned this weekend for Central West End is cancelled due to forecasted rain. MetroLink will operate a normal weekday schedule on Friday May 3, and a normal weekend schedule on Saturday May 4 and Sunday May 5. Here’s a look at the work scheduled on the MetroLink system tonight [...]

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The Eads Bridge Project: Extending the Life of an Important National Landmark Still in Use Every Day

As the new year arrives, you will start to see more construction activities on the historic Eads Bridge rail deck. If you travel back and forth over the bridge on MetroLink, you may have noticed workers installing scaffolding during the past few months. The scaffolding will provide a platform from which tradesmen who are restoring [...]

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Important Piece of the New Interlocking Project Put Into Place at the UMSL South MetroLink Station

Metro is building a better transit experience for our customers. As part of that, the construction of a new universal mainline light rail crossover (also called an interlocking) near the UMSL South MetroLink Station is moving steadily along. Yesterday morning, a key element—the signal house– arrived and was put into place.  An 80 ton crane [...]

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Quick Guide to November 26 Quarterly MetroBus & MetroLink Service Change

The quarterly Metro service change goes into effect on Monday, November 26, with changes to 22 MetroBus routes in Missouri, three in Illinois, and with adjustments to the MetroLink schedule to provide better connections between the Blue and Red Lines during weekday off peak hours and weekends. Some of the changes are minor route or [...]

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Maintenance Work Continues on MetroLink System: Delays for Some Passengers

Maintenance work is scheduled on the MetroLink system November 12 through November 18 and some passengers may experience delays in the work zones. The affected areas of the MetroLink system are: College MetroLink Station Shiloh-Scott MetroLink Station Grand MetroLink Station Jackie Joyner-Kersee MetroLink Station Trains will not operate in Illinois between the College and Shiloh-Scott [...]

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Metro Receives “Top 50 Businesses Shaping Our Future” Award from St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association

Bi-State Development Agency which has been operating as Metro since 2003 is the proud recipient of one of the Greater St. Louis Top 50 Businesses Shaping Our Future Awards presented this  week by the St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association (RCGA) in conjunction with RubinBrown. Metro and 49 companies were selected for their significant [...]

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New Social Media Manager Starts at Metro

We are very happy to announce that Chelsey Brooks has joined Metro Transit as our new Social Media Manager. For the last year and a half, she has been managing KREM-TV’s website in Spokane, Washington. Chelsey developed and built mobile apps, managed all the station’s social media, and appeared on a regular basis in newscasts [...]

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Work Scheduled to Begin on Improvements to MetroBus Stops in the City of St. Louis

Work will begin next week on improvements to 124 MetroBus stops located in the City of St. Louis. The improvements will provide new or better access for MetroBus customers with disabilities. Work on the first group of bus stops will begin Monday, November 12. The affected stops are: Eastbound Loughborough Ave. at Loughborough Dr. (Route [...]

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