Category Archives: System Changes

January 9, 2012 Service Update Coming to #8 Bates Morganford, #80 Park Shaw and #180 Russell Shuttle

In response to customer feedback, Metro is modifying the quarterly service changes implemented on November 28. Customers can expect a return to pre-November changes for the #8 and #80, with expanded service. The primary issue Metro is responding to regards … Continue reading

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Quarterly Service Changes Start Today

Here’s what you need to know regarding this quarter’s service changes effective today, November 28, 2011, and subsequently January 2012. NOTE:  Information with maps and schedules is on Metro’s website.  Customers should use TripFinder (on the website) because it will … Continue reading

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New MetroBus Shuttle Service Begins Monday

Metro officials announced today that starting Monday, November 28, 2011, a new shuttle route will be offered to MetroBus customers along Russell Boulevard between Grand Boulevard and Gravois Avenue. The new #180 Russell Shuttle will be in service Monday through … Continue reading

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IMPORTANT UPDATE: November 28 Service Changes

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Metro officials announced today that starting Monday, November 28, 2011, a new shuttle route will be offered to MetroBus customers along Russell Boulevard between Grand Boulevard and Gravois Avenue. Please see the updated Rider Alert changes to prepare … Continue reading

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Check Out Aug. 29, 2011 Quarterly Service Changes for MetroBus

The next service change is planned for an effective date of Monday, August 29, 2011. These quarterly changes are designed to improve time connections between buses and MetroLink, accommodate road changes, and route frequency adjustments. Please check out the changes … Continue reading

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MetroBus Quarterly Service Changes Coming Monday, March 14

Once again, it’s time for quarterly service changes, where adjustments to route and time connections are made to make the system easier to operate and use. MetroBus quarterly service changes will go into affect on Monday, March 14. The changes … Continue reading

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Service Changes Monday, Nov. 29 Seek to Improve Restoration 2010 Changes

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 … Continue reading

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Adjustments to Service Restoration, One Week Later

As happens with any substantial changes in transit service, Metro and our customers are still getting used to the changes and we’re making some adjustments as we get feedback. During the first week since the final phase of Restoration 2010 launched … Continue reading

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August 30 Restoration Service Changes: A Day of Learning for Many

Monday morning, August 30, was overcast and unseasonably cool after weeks of humid and overbearing weather in St. Louis.  With yellow school buses winding in and out of neighborhoods and slanted, orange-tinted sunlight becoming more of the evening norm, it’s … Continue reading

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Download Restoration 2010 Service Change Brochure, Google Transit Info Available!

All this week Metro employee ambassadors and members of the transit- planning teams will be distributing Restoration 2010 August 30 Service Change brochures to riders at Transit Centers across the region.  You can use this brochure to learn which routes will … Continue reading

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