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The Board of Commissioners of the Bi-State Development Agency/Metro (BSDA/Metro) has approved a $306.3 million operating budget and $442.9 million (3 year) capital budget for Fiscal Year 2014 (FY2014).  The FY2014 budget allocates resources to run the transit system and all enterprises for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013 with a 3.7 percent increase [...]

If you have been on Laclede’s Landing or taken MetroLink across the Eads Bridge lately, then you may have noticed a white cocoon-like tarp covering a small section of the bridge on the north side. It is called the blast containment area and crews installed it as part of the Eads Bridge rehabilitation project which [...]

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 [...]

The first month of testing new fare boxes has gone smoothly and experts say MetroBus customers and operators have been quick to adjust to the new fare collection equipment which went into service on 40 MetroBus vehicles on October 1. Metro Transit would like to thank our customers and employees for your flexibility in adjusting [...]

Traffic lane closures begin on the Eads Bridge on Monday, October 1, 2012 to accommodate extensive rehabilitation work on the support structure of the national landmark. To avoid rush hour traffic delays, one option you may want to consider is taking MetroLink to get back and forth from Missouri to Illinois. With the Eads Bridge [...]

If you’ve been down on  the St. Louis Riverfront recently, you may have noticed a barge and man-lift working on the northwest side of the Eads Bridge. Yes, the bridge rehabilitation project is finally moving forward in a way that you can actually see for yourself! In preparation for this project, Metro installed a new [...]

Last week was a really “Grand” week that ended on a great note on Saturday, August 25. It was a time to celebrate the opening of the new Grand Bridge in midtown St. Louis and to reflect on the outstanding cooperative effort between the City of St. Louis, Metro, and St. Louis University that made [...]

Monday, August 20, is the day many of you have been waiting for– the day MetroBus service  returns to the Grand Bridge and the day the Grand MetroLink Station reopens. The #70 Grand, #58X  Twin Oaks Express and  #410X Eureka Express MetroBus reroutes are almost over. It’s been a long 17 months riding the reroute [...]

Metro will not operate trains between the Wellston MetroLink station and the North Hanley Metrolink Station this Sunday, July 15, due to construction near the UMSL South MetroLink Station. Since Red Line customers will be shuttled on MetroBus vehicles between those stations, they need to allow an extra 20 to 25 minutes for their commutes [...]

Did you know when the Eads Bridge was built it was as long as about 18 football fields and it paved the way for construction of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City? Or that the new Mississippi River Bridge, the first bridge built connecting Missouri and Illinois in 40 years, will weigh 31 million [...]