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Not every job at Metro Transit carries a customer service title, but all Metro employees provide customer service. Metro Public Safety Officer Susanne Price was working at the Grand Metro Transit Center today as I waited for the #70 Grand. As Susanne and I were discussing how I communicate with our customers, something she said [...]

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 [...]

The announcement many of you have been waiting to hear:  The Grand MetroLink Station will reopen and MetroBus service will resume to the Grand Bridge on Monday, August 20. The #70 Grand, #58X Twin Oaks Express, and the #410 Eureka Express routes will return to the Grand Bridge and will connect with MetroLink at the [...]

Metro will operate special late night/early morning MetroBus shuttles to transport eastbound customers between the Central West End, Union Station, and Civic Center MetroLink Stations during the early morning hours on Dec. 29, Dec. 30 and Dec. 31, 2011. Eastbound MetroLink passengers should allow an extra 10 to 15 minutes for their commutes. Passengers will get off the last [...]

UPDATE: East Riverfront Station single-track operations is cancelled for Wednesday, Dec. 21. Grand Bridge single track will continue as scheduled. In order to accommodate construction near two MetroLink Stations, Metro will operate trains on a single track three evenings this week. Tonight, tomorrow night, and Friday night, beginning at 8 p.m. through the end of service each [...]

If you’ve looked out the window from your MetroLink train as you pass the closed Grand Station, you may have noticed the landscape is changing and some new structures are coming into view. Recently, Metro contractors used a crane to lift and position the steel elevator towers on their pads. The construction activity is one of the first visible signs [...]

The contractor for the construction of the Grand Boulevard Bridge needs to perform work over the MetroLink alignment near the Grand Station later this week. In order to perform this work, MetroLink will single track at the Grand MetroLink Station this Thursday and Friday night beginning at 8 p.m. until the end of service. Here’s [...]

Fall weather is nestling into St. Louis, so bring on the food, football, festivals and fun! This weekend, the region is home to several great ways to get out and go transit to enjoy the festivities. Check out the list of the following events and transit information: Taste of St. Louis The Taste of St. [...]

Metro officials have announced the #70 Grand MetroBus Route will not return to the Grand MetroLink Station for the duration of the new Grand Bridge project. The #70 Grand MetroBus which has been rerouted to Union Station since May 23rd serves more passengers than any other MetroBus route.  All MetroLink customers who wish to board [...]

To accommodate construction on the Grand Bridge, Scott Avenue from the Grand MetroLink Station to just west of Theresa WILL BE CLOSED TO BUS TRAFFIC for up to 8 weeks starting Wednesday, April 20. Passengers will board and alight at the new bus turn around on Scott at Theresa and walk to & from Grand [...]