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Maryland Heights, MO...Metrolink access?

Maryland Heights, MO...Metrolink access?

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PostJul 27, 2007#1

Is there a Metrolink station in Maryland Heights? I have tried using the metro tripfinder but it has never found anything I have tried before.



Thanks!

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PostJul 27, 2007#2

Unfortunately, no. But there are a couple of buses.





http://www.metrostlouis.org/MetroBus/Ma ... MOmap1.pdf

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PostJul 27, 2007#3

No Metrolink stop, but there are buses that connect with some Metrolink stations. The page bus (94) and Page Limited (194) run to the Wellston station. The Page Limited is like an express bus -- only runs M-F on a rush hour schedule.



The #33 Dorset-Lackland runs to the Rock Road station roughly along St. Chas Rock Road/Lacklant, Dorsett, and Fee Fee, and then up and down McKelvey. It's hard to describe so look at it on the Metro site if it may fit your needs. It is 7 days a week, about hourly, but some periods at 30 minutes.



There is also an Earth City bus hat hits some of Maryland Heights. It runs clockwise in the AM and counterclockwise in the PM, very roughly doing an I-270, 370, Earth City Expresway/Riverport/I-70, I-170 loop. It is seven days a week with very limited weekends.

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PostJul 27, 2007#4

Thank you both. I have a "test" to take for a position in Maryland Heights. Im wondering what the commute would be like from the metro east. Would you suggest driving or taking a metrolink train and then a metrobus?



Also, is there any place (like Soulard) that would be better suited for working in Maryland Heights?

I don't even really like my chances of getting the job, but I am already concerned about an hour and a half drive every morning.



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PostJul 27, 2007#5

You could commute from the metro east but you would be putting a lot of miles your your rig. I'd assume that the traffic would ease up quite a bit once you get over the river (as you would be going opposite traffic). If you take a job in MH, I'd suggest at least looking at homes in the area. There are some nice neighborhoods with homes in the 100's - 200's that are affordable to most.



You could also look for homes out the Page extention, but you won't find anything like soulard there cept maybe historic St. Charles...

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PostJul 27, 2007#6

I would probably do what bep235 suggests.



But in case you don't want to:



All the maryland height buses couple with the lambert metrolink line:



94,194 at Wellston



33 at St. Charle's rock road



It would be probably be a longer commute from Soulard than if you lived near one of the metro link stations. The closer you live to Wellston or Rock Road the better probably.

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PostJul 27, 2007#7

Well my wife has a thing with not wanting to drive through the city in order to hop on the interstate to come home and visit for a day. So you think it would actually be faster to live in Fairview heights and take the metro link/buses to Maryland Heights as opposed to driving from Soulizzle?





Also, the $60/mo pass for Metrolink cover the Metrobus as well, correct?

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PostJul 27, 2007#8

Juice13610 wrote:Well my wife has a thing with not wanting to drive through the city in order to hop on the interstate to come home and visit for a day. So you think it would actually be faster to live in Fairview heights and take the metro link/buses to Maryland Heights as opposed to driving from Soulizzle?





Also, the $60/mo pass for Metrolink cover the Metrobus as well, correct?


Check a map... could you take 270 over the chain of rocks bridge? I don't know two hoots about the metro east.....



Metro pass covers both... but it would take a long time to commute....

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PostJul 28, 2007#9

You could always try ridefinders



http://www.ridefinders.org/

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PostJul 28, 2007#10

If you want to live somewhere urban, why not somewhere around the UCity Loop or Skinker-Deb? The commute will be far less to Maryland Heights than the Metro East. Maybe I just don't understand the excitement that the Metro East is, but yeah. Just my two cents.

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PostJul 29, 2007#11

^^ No excitement for me. I like the metro east, but the reason is for convenience to my family. My wife doesn't want to drive through the city (she has only accidentally driven through a city [st louis] once when she missed an exit). My family all lives south of Mt Vernon and I would prefer my wife not drive in the city either with my son. I'm a worry wart, in other words :?



My wife is not very open to the idea of shortening my commute hehe



[edit] No need to respond to this thread, I got the good ol' "thanks but no thanks" email this morning. :(