NextStop STL

Despite some rain on Saturday night, the first weekend of the demolition of the Grand Bridge and Grand MetroLink Station elevator towers resulted in plenty of destruction. Both elevator towers are gone, and much of the Grand Avenue road deck on the bridge has been removed. Crews worked around the clock this past weekend given [...]

We asked NextStop readers and Metro Facebook follows to answer a short survey on how to encourage more people to ride MetroBus, based on a series of blog comments and interest in the topic.  We had amazing participation, with over 214 responses.  In addition, responders submitted nearly 200 write-in responses to Questions 3 and 4.  [...]

MetroBus riders received a sweet Valentine’s Day Delivery today: 10 new low-floor MetroBus were unveiled at an event at the Brentwood Garage.  Metro Chief Operating Officer – Transit Ray Friem spoke today about the new buses, which include many features that increase passenger safety, comfort and accessibility, as well as reduces emissions, and improves route [...]

Transit in St. Louis is a multi-modal affair: we have both buses and light rail to move citizens around the region.  We do know, however, that some people use light rail and are very supportive of transit in general, but do not take buses.  Some people cite a lack of knowledge about the routes, purchase [...]

MetroLink is running a normal schedule this morning.  MetroBus may experience some delays due to road conditions, moving towards normal weekday schedule.  Thank you for all of your patience during this winter weather, and thank you for riding transit.

Update 5:15 p.m. Metro is currently single-tracking between the Grand and Stadium Stations until crews can remove a stalled train.  Red Line is in operation between Lambert Airport and Shiloh-Scott. Metro is operating the Shrewsbury branch as a shuttle (operating back and forth between Forest Park and Shrewsbury Stations only.) All passengers traveling to or [...]

METROLINK WEATHER UPDATE: February 1, 2011 4:00 a.m.: MetroLink Red Line trains are currently operating between Fairview Heights Station  and Lambert Airport Terminal #1. MetroLink Blue Line trains are currently operating between the Fairview Heights Station and the Clayton Station. A bus bridge has been established and MetroBus Shuttles are available to transport passengers east of the Fairview [...]

This was a year to remember. We here at Metro and the entire region have much to be thankful for at the close of 2010. More than just a great year for Metro, this was truly a year for celebration for the future of transit in St. Louis. Proposition A passed in St. Louis County. [...]

Last February, most of you probably noticed that we changed the look of our main website, www.metrostlouis.org.  But while the home page changed appearance, the infrastructure and utility of the site largely stayed the same.  Now, Metro is launching a brand-new website with not only a new appearance, but also new organization of information and [...]

You didn’t think it was over, did you?  After the Restoration, many of you sent in complaints of problems with buses running on time or having less-than-optimal time connections.  On Monday, Nov. 29, Metro will launch a round of adjustments or “tweeks” to the Restoration service changes implemented in June and August. These changes were [...]