^I guess there's a price for bragging rights to say you rode the train first!
Great news that they are gonna open before the end of the month, that is very exciting.
According to Steve Patterson at urbanreviewstl.com,
MetroLink's 8-Mile Cross County Extension To Open August 28th
Metro, the St. Louis regional transit agency, is expected to announce today the ribbon cutting for the 8-mile 'Cross County' will be held on Saturday August 26, 2006 with regular service commencing on Monday, August 28, 2006. Limited, but free, sample rides are expected on the 26th & 27th.
The 28th is a big day of changes as new bus routes will take affect to coincide with the new light rail. New fares for bus and rail service will also make their debut on the 28th. Regular bus fare will increase from $1.65 to $1.75. A one-way ticket on MetroLink will increase from $1.75 to $2.00.
For more information on schedules and fares see Metro.
- Steve
The public announcement was not and will not be made on Friday, August 4th.
It was originally planned for the first week in August, but it was postponed to verify the tunnel fan installation progress. A decision has definitely been made, but the announcement was postponed.
Drop by the Shrewsbury Station at 1:00 pm on Monday, August 7th for the official announcements. Those looking forward to this project will be pleased with Mr. Salci's announcement.
If you can't make the 1:00 pm announcement, come by the Central West End Transit Center from 5:00 am until 6:30 pm to obtain schedules, the new Missouri System Guide (all in one bus and rail schedule book.) and the consolidated rail schedule. Talk to service planners and schedulers about the planned changes and start up details.
The "Information Bus for Metro Redefined" will visit different rail stations and bus centers every day between August 7th and the system start up date.
It was originally planned for the first week in August, but it was postponed to verify the tunnel fan installation progress. A decision has definitely been made, but the announcement was postponed.
Drop by the Shrewsbury Station at 1:00 pm on Monday, August 7th for the official announcements. Those looking forward to this project will be pleased with Mr. Salci's announcement.
If you can't make the 1:00 pm announcement, come by the Central West End Transit Center from 5:00 am until 6:30 pm to obtain schedules, the new Missouri System Guide (all in one bus and rail schedule book.) and the consolidated rail schedule. Talk to service planners and schedulers about the planned changes and start up details.
The "Information Bus for Metro Redefined" will visit different rail stations and bus centers every day between August 7th and the system start up date.
On July 4th I suggested that participants to this listserve keep a close eye on August 28th as a start up date. At that time, its was as much as a hope as a certainty.
Metro has some very good and very tough construction project managers who have pushed and pushed to bring this project in as quickly as possible. There will be a number of key parts of the project that will not be complete on startup, but nothing fatal at this point.
The pre-operational test is scheduled to begin on August 14th. During this phase a modified rail schedule will to into effect where trains are operated from Emerson Park to Shrewsbury. Passengers will be permitted to ride only between Emerson and Forest Park. The Lambert Schedules will not change, but Shrewsbury trips will be scheduled to operate inbetween.
Running times will be tested, drivers fully trained and final testing of the control system will take place in this period.
So the answer to your question bprop is "yes".
Metro has some very good and very tough construction project managers who have pushed and pushed to bring this project in as quickly as possible. There will be a number of key parts of the project that will not be complete on startup, but nothing fatal at this point.
The pre-operational test is scheduled to begin on August 14th. During this phase a modified rail schedule will to into effect where trains are operated from Emerson Park to Shrewsbury. Passengers will be permitted to ride only between Emerson and Forest Park. The Lambert Schedules will not change, but Shrewsbury trips will be scheduled to operate inbetween.
Running times will be tested, drivers fully trained and final testing of the control system will take place in this period.
So the answer to your question bprop is "yes".
I'm so pumped that they are able to get this open before September, leaving an entire month of service to Cards games (not including playoffs, though, the way the Cards are going, it's not a guarantee they'll be playing in October).
trent wrote:I'm so pumped that they are able to get this open before September, leaving an entire month of service to Cards games (not including playoffs, though, the way the Cards are going, it's not a guarantee they'll be playing in October).
I'm also glad.
Though I'm envisioning a fair amount of people getting on the wrong train and then having to turn around to get the right one.
Metro is worried about the special event operation once it is operating two branches. If everyone waits at the Stadium station for his or her proper train, it could result in trains that are not heavily loaded. This would potentially cause the post game time to clear the crowd to double in time.
To compensate Metro will encourage passengers to board any train going west. Trains will be placed in the Forest Park Pocket track for those passengers who got on the wrong train.
Its likely that Metro will be unable to schedule more than a 7.5 minute common headway from the Stadium station due to insuffiicient manpower for game after game. This headway gives you only a 15 minute headway on the branch ends which is not adequate.
Metro could operate 10 minute headways on each branch giving a 5 minute common section, but this would be pretty tough on manpower needs. Today, we are running three extra trains east and three extra west giving roughly a 7.5 minute headway.
Do you think that we can get passengers to board any train and take a shuttle from the Forest Park Junction?
To compensate Metro will encourage passengers to board any train going west. Trains will be placed in the Forest Park Pocket track for those passengers who got on the wrong train.
Its likely that Metro will be unable to schedule more than a 7.5 minute common headway from the Stadium station due to insuffiicient manpower for game after game. This headway gives you only a 15 minute headway on the branch ends which is not adequate.
Metro could operate 10 minute headways on each branch giving a 5 minute common section, but this would be pretty tough on manpower needs. Today, we are running three extra trains east and three extra west giving roughly a 7.5 minute headway.
Do you think that we can get passengers to board any train and take a shuttle from the Forest Park Junction?
Busdad, what do you mean by a shuttle -- i.e. to where?
I was thinking about this issue the other day; the stadium station is usually pretty tight..and this would make it pretty confusing, especially for St. Louis riders. I can just envision half a family getting onto a train, blocking the door while their other half yells at them that it's the wrong train. It could definitely be chaotic.
What about running all Hanley-bound trains going west, and then just a branch between FP and Shrewsbury? That could relieve some of the crucnch by the time the train got to FP, while getting people off the Stadium platform more quickly. But then you're doing to be running half-empty trains to each terminus. On second thought, that's a terrible idea
Another idea that probably won't take off -- how about have all the, say, Shrewsbury-bound riders board at 8th and Pine or Civic Center, and reserve the Stadium platform for Hanley-bound passengers? Then alternating trains don't stop at the other station for the post-game crunch. Helps spread out the crowd a little bit.
I was thinking about this issue the other day; the stadium station is usually pretty tight..and this would make it pretty confusing, especially for St. Louis riders. I can just envision half a family getting onto a train, blocking the door while their other half yells at them that it's the wrong train. It could definitely be chaotic.
What about running all Hanley-bound trains going west, and then just a branch between FP and Shrewsbury? That could relieve some of the crucnch by the time the train got to FP, while getting people off the Stadium platform more quickly. But then you're doing to be running half-empty trains to each terminus. On second thought, that's a terrible idea
Another idea that probably won't take off -- how about have all the, say, Shrewsbury-bound riders board at 8th and Pine or Civic Center, and reserve the Stadium platform for Hanley-bound passengers? Then alternating trains don't stop at the other station for the post-game crunch. Helps spread out the crowd a little bit.
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I don't think having some people leaving the stadium have to use a different station than the stadium stop is a good idea. And of course I think it would confuse plenty of people too.
buckethead wrote:I don't think having some people leaving the stadium have to use a different station than the stadium stop is a good idea. And of course I think it would confuse plenty of people too.
Definitely. The same thing has been done in the past for Fair St Louis, which is why I brought it up. The difference is, for the fair, it was eastbound vs. westbound traffic being split between stations. Here, it's all one direction, but different end stations. I'm wondering how that Fair St Louis system has worked for Metro in the past?
Westbound from baseball and hockey games everything will be fine until the train gets to the Forest Park Station. In fact things will be a bit better and the platforms will empty faster because of the increased train frequency.
But when the train pulls into Forest Park and the split occurs I think they'll need to hold the train a little longer to
1) announce which way that train will continuing: either north to the airport or south to Shrewsbury.
2) let everyone who needs to get off the train, get off.
I still sure there's going to be people who will mess up and have to double back. I've seen it in Chicago and New York.
But when the train pulls into Forest Park and the split occurs I think they'll need to hold the train a little longer to
1) announce which way that train will continuing: either north to the airport or south to Shrewsbury.
2) let everyone who needs to get off the train, get off.
I still sure there's going to be people who will mess up and have to double back. I've seen it in Chicago and New York.
We considered running all trains to Hanley with a shuttle from FP to Shrewsbury meeting each Hanley train. However, Metro Commissioners are unhappy with the idea of a $600 million train where everyone going to Clayton has to transfer at FP every time.
A logical operating plan would be alternating trains between Hanley and Shrewsbury. We would then have to teach customers that they could actually take any train from Stadium and always find a train waiting at Forest Park that would them to the alternative terminus. For example, if the headsign on the train said "Hanley", the shuttle train meeting this train at FP would take transferring customers to Clayton. If the train headsign said "Shrewsbury", the train iin the FP pocket would take customers to N. Hanley.
We have never intentionally run a shuttle from Emerson eastbound to Shiloh. Its too close to the Stadium station to pick up a baseball crowd and ask them to get off and transfer. With the westbound direction, you wlll have some passengers on every trip getting off at the stations between Stadium and Forest Park. Then if people board every train without regard to destination, you have to assume that half the train would get off at Forest Park to take a train going to the other line end.
With the Emerson-Shrewsbury branch, the normal operating plan will have every other train eastbound turning at Emerson. When you have a monster crowd waiting after at game at Stadium, it just infuriates the crowd if you pass them with a train that isn't going out. In fact, many passengers don't even look at the headsign. They just assume the train is going all the way out. As a result, we will have the train that is supposed to turn around at Emerson run through to Shiloh at the peak of the peak and fill in the westbound train at Emerson with an extra train pulling out of the the 29th Street Station.
Westbound, you could ask Shrewsbury passengers to go to 8th and Pine and Hanley passengers to board at Stadium, but that really doesn't solve the problem. The problem is providing enough train capacity to serve the two branch ends wiith adequate headways. If the appropriate capacity is 7.5 minutes on the ends, then you would be providing 3 3/4 minutes in the common section. The track circuits and the power substations may not be adequate to provide that frequency of service. We also may not have sufficient train operators to provide that amount of service game after game. (Much of the special event service is covered with drivers working overtime.)
When Metrolink was constructed it was not designed for extremely close headways. The original plans did assume 7.5 minute, overlapping headways. However, in a practical, everyday sense, its not possible to run that frequency. We did not build it with the ability to use 3 car trains. In fact the planners did not anticipate the degree to which the system would so attractive for special events.
Maybe we should just hire a band or some sort of entertainment after each game to slow down the crowd or at least entertain them while they wait for their appropriate train.
I will try to explain the operating issues in more detail with some diagrams later.
A logical operating plan would be alternating trains between Hanley and Shrewsbury. We would then have to teach customers that they could actually take any train from Stadium and always find a train waiting at Forest Park that would them to the alternative terminus. For example, if the headsign on the train said "Hanley", the shuttle train meeting this train at FP would take transferring customers to Clayton. If the train headsign said "Shrewsbury", the train iin the FP pocket would take customers to N. Hanley.
We have never intentionally run a shuttle from Emerson eastbound to Shiloh. Its too close to the Stadium station to pick up a baseball crowd and ask them to get off and transfer. With the westbound direction, you wlll have some passengers on every trip getting off at the stations between Stadium and Forest Park. Then if people board every train without regard to destination, you have to assume that half the train would get off at Forest Park to take a train going to the other line end.
With the Emerson-Shrewsbury branch, the normal operating plan will have every other train eastbound turning at Emerson. When you have a monster crowd waiting after at game at Stadium, it just infuriates the crowd if you pass them with a train that isn't going out. In fact, many passengers don't even look at the headsign. They just assume the train is going all the way out. As a result, we will have the train that is supposed to turn around at Emerson run through to Shiloh at the peak of the peak and fill in the westbound train at Emerson with an extra train pulling out of the the 29th Street Station.
Westbound, you could ask Shrewsbury passengers to go to 8th and Pine and Hanley passengers to board at Stadium, but that really doesn't solve the problem. The problem is providing enough train capacity to serve the two branch ends wiith adequate headways. If the appropriate capacity is 7.5 minutes on the ends, then you would be providing 3 3/4 minutes in the common section. The track circuits and the power substations may not be adequate to provide that frequency of service. We also may not have sufficient train operators to provide that amount of service game after game. (Much of the special event service is covered with drivers working overtime.)
When Metrolink was constructed it was not designed for extremely close headways. The original plans did assume 7.5 minute, overlapping headways. However, in a practical, everyday sense, its not possible to run that frequency. We did not build it with the ability to use 3 car trains. In fact the planners did not anticipate the degree to which the system would so attractive for special events.
Maybe we should just hire a band or some sort of entertainment after each game to slow down the crowd or at least entertain them while they wait for their appropriate train.
I will try to explain the operating issues in more detail with some diagrams later.
With the impending opening of the Crosscounty segment, what do folks think will be its impact on real estate within a few blocks of existing and new stations? Prices? Uses? For example, do we all of a sudden have a market within walking distance to stations of sufficient size and with sufficient income to support a grocery store?..other uses? Or, will the prices in areas near different stations tend to gravitate towards oneanother?
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Great News!
AUG. 26th is it!
The "system" is getting big!
Great events going on - read:
http://metrostlouis.org/InsideMetro/New ... -07-06.pdf
Pic up new guide maps etc... now! You can get this information now - read the announcement letter (PDF) by clicking above.
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More Service
More Connections
More Convenience
More Metro – What Does It Mean?
Metro is embarking upon one of the most significant transit service expansions in our history with the opening of the new Shrewsbury Branch, with new light rail service between the Forest Park-DeBaliviere MetroLink Station and the Shrewsbury-Lansdowne-I-44 MetroLink Station in Shrewsbury. This highly anticipated project will bring light rail service and nine new MetroLink Stations to the Central Corridor of St. Louis City and County. The new stations add MetroLink service to Washington University as well as the communities of University City, Clayton, Richmond Heights, Brentwood, Maplewood, and Shrewsbury! Plus, Metro now offers later night and earlier morning service on MetroLink.
Grand Opening
Cross County MetroLink Will Celebrate the Grand Opening On August 26th!
Here's a list of the special events leading up to and following the big day:
"EVERYONE CAN RIDE" DAY
Tuesday, August 15th 1-6 p.m.
"Everyone Can Ride" Day is an orientation day for members of the ADA community. Persons with disabilities and organizations who serve this audience are invited to visit the new MetroLink stations along the Cross County alignment. Metro personnel will be available to identify the accessible entrances and explain how to use the system from these new locations.
GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION
Saturday, August 26th 11 a.m. –2 p.m.
To welcome this exciting new addition to the MetroLink system, we will hold a Grand Opening Ceremony and Celebration on Saturday, August 26th. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. when the first train leaves the Forest Park-DeBaliviere Station and makes its way through the alignment. The ceremony will continue with a sequential ribbon cutting and brief speeches as the train pulls into each Cross County station. A short list of elected officials and honored guests will then board the first train at their respective stations and make their way to Shrewsbury. Trains will continue to serve these stations so many guests can arrive at the celebration via train.
Once at Shrewsbury, the celebration will kick-off with speeches by some of the area's top government officials, paying special recognition to those who have worked hard to deliver this Project to the region.
There will be music and refreshments. Best of all… everyone's invited!
LINKFEST! LET THE FUN BEGIN…
Saturday, August 26th 2-8 p.m.
Neighborhood organizations in the City of St. Louis and Shrewsbury are planning LinkFest—a celebration of the "coming together" of the many municipalities along the Cross County alignment. LinkFest will be a family-friendly event that will begin immediately after Metro's Grand Opening Celebration on August 26th and will conclude with fireworks at 8:00 p.m. It will be held in the public green space located just south of the Shrewsbury-Lansdowne I-44 station. Along with live music, refreshments and games, area businesses will have booths with information and samples so you can get a taste of the new attractions you can reach by riding MetroLink. Municipalities along the Cross County Project will also be represented. You don't want to miss this exciting event! Free trains will be operating between Forest Park and Shrewsbury until 10 p.m., so jump on the MetroLink and let the fun begin at LinkFest!
WELCOME ABOARD WEEKEND
Saturday, August 26th and Sunday August 27th
If you'd like an additional peek at the Cross County extension, rides will be free during "Welcome Aboard Weekend" from approximately 12:15-10 p.m. on Saturday and on Sunday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. See first-hand why this new extension moves Metro into the forefront of America's public transportation systems!
ARTS IN TRANSIT ART DEDICATION
Sunday, October 1st 2-5 p.m.
Arts-in-Transit staff will provide guided tours of the new art projects along the Cross County alignment on Sunday, October 1st. These escorted train tours will leave from the Forsyth station.
QUESTIONS?
If you have any questions about any of the above events, call the Cross County Project Hotline at (314) 923-3050. A Metro staff member will return your call within one business day.
But this expansion includes much more than the MetroLink extension to Shrewsbury:
Based upon recommendations from our transit customers, careful attention has been given to maintaining existing MetroBus travel patterns without transfers and insuring bus-rail connectivity when a transfer is unavoidable.
MetroBus service has expanded to service niche markets. Washington University has entered into an agreement with Metro to provide Universal Transit Passes to approximately 25,000 employees and students—resulting in a potential addition of a million transit trips per year. A new bus route network serving the Central West End, Washington University Danforth and Medical School campuses is designed to serve the university, the associated medical center, as well as the general public in this heavily congested area.
MetroBus routes around the Shrewsbury-Lansdowne I-44 MetroLink branch are now feeder routes to MetroLink, providing faster, streamlined long distance trips.
Metro has established three new MetroBus Transfer Centers. One is at the new Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44 MetroLink Station. Several new MetroBus routes connect South County and South City neighborhoods via MetroBus to this new Shrewsbury MetroBus Transfer Center. These routes offer more direct southwest-southeast cross-town service to Mid-County than in the past. In addition, Metro has added more MetroBus service at the new Riverview MetroBus Transfer Center on the edge of north city and county, and at the new Brentwood I-64 MetroBus Transfer Center, located at the new Brentwood I-64 MetroLink Station. These are joined by the recently opened MetroBus Transfer Center adjacent to the main BJC Hospital complex and Washington University School of Medicine.
Two new "mega" express routes – one serving South County and the other serving North County have been implemented. West County has a new express feeder service connecting to the Brentwood I-64 MetroLink station. Service frequency during the peak hour is every 10 minutes between the Ballas MetroBus Transfer Center and the new Brentwood I-64 MetroLink station. Enhanced frequency has been provided on the 410X Eureka Express that continues to operate to downtown St. Louis. These routes also offer extended commuter hours of operation.
Later night and earlier morning service on key MetroBus routes serves customers with jobs requiring off-hours, and evening and weekend shifts, representing the largest area of employment growth in the St. Louis region in the past five years.
Metro has developed a single route (93 Midtown) to help conventioneers and tourists visit more of St. Louis’ attractions. The route serves primary downtown hotels, and connects many of the City’s most significant tourist venues including Soulard, the Anheuser-Busch Brewery, City Museum, Grand Center, Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, the Missouri Botanical Garden, and the Euclid and Hill area business districts.
So What Are You Waiting For?
Use TripFinder, Metro’s new online tool that allows you to map a route to or from anywhere in the Metro service area. You can choose from the fastest route, the most direct route, the route with the least walking distance or fewest transfers. You can specify when you want to leave – or when you want to arrive. And you can search by street address, intersection, or many area landmarks (Arch, Lambert International airport, shopping malls, and many more places). Of course, TripFinder is available 24-hours a day, 7 days a week for all your trip planning needs.
We look forward to seeing you on board MetroBus and MetroLink!
AUG. 26th is it!
The "system" is getting big!
Great events going on - read:
http://metrostlouis.org/InsideMetro/New ... -07-06.pdf
Pic up new guide maps etc... now! You can get this information now - read the announcement letter (PDF) by clicking above.
More Service
More Connections
More Convenience
More Metro – What Does It Mean?
Metro is embarking upon one of the most significant transit service expansions in our history with the opening of the new Shrewsbury Branch, with new light rail service between the Forest Park-DeBaliviere MetroLink Station and the Shrewsbury-Lansdowne-I-44 MetroLink Station in Shrewsbury. This highly anticipated project will bring light rail service and nine new MetroLink Stations to the Central Corridor of St. Louis City and County. The new stations add MetroLink service to Washington University as well as the communities of University City, Clayton, Richmond Heights, Brentwood, Maplewood, and Shrewsbury! Plus, Metro now offers later night and earlier morning service on MetroLink.
Grand Opening
Cross County MetroLink Will Celebrate the Grand Opening On August 26th!
Here's a list of the special events leading up to and following the big day:
"EVERYONE CAN RIDE" DAY
Tuesday, August 15th 1-6 p.m.
"Everyone Can Ride" Day is an orientation day for members of the ADA community. Persons with disabilities and organizations who serve this audience are invited to visit the new MetroLink stations along the Cross County alignment. Metro personnel will be available to identify the accessible entrances and explain how to use the system from these new locations.
GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION
Saturday, August 26th 11 a.m. –2 p.m.
To welcome this exciting new addition to the MetroLink system, we will hold a Grand Opening Ceremony and Celebration on Saturday, August 26th. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. when the first train leaves the Forest Park-DeBaliviere Station and makes its way through the alignment. The ceremony will continue with a sequential ribbon cutting and brief speeches as the train pulls into each Cross County station. A short list of elected officials and honored guests will then board the first train at their respective stations and make their way to Shrewsbury. Trains will continue to serve these stations so many guests can arrive at the celebration via train.
Once at Shrewsbury, the celebration will kick-off with speeches by some of the area's top government officials, paying special recognition to those who have worked hard to deliver this Project to the region.
There will be music and refreshments. Best of all… everyone's invited!
LINKFEST! LET THE FUN BEGIN…
Saturday, August 26th 2-8 p.m.
Neighborhood organizations in the City of St. Louis and Shrewsbury are planning LinkFest—a celebration of the "coming together" of the many municipalities along the Cross County alignment. LinkFest will be a family-friendly event that will begin immediately after Metro's Grand Opening Celebration on August 26th and will conclude with fireworks at 8:00 p.m. It will be held in the public green space located just south of the Shrewsbury-Lansdowne I-44 station. Along with live music, refreshments and games, area businesses will have booths with information and samples so you can get a taste of the new attractions you can reach by riding MetroLink. Municipalities along the Cross County Project will also be represented. You don't want to miss this exciting event! Free trains will be operating between Forest Park and Shrewsbury until 10 p.m., so jump on the MetroLink and let the fun begin at LinkFest!
WELCOME ABOARD WEEKEND
Saturday, August 26th and Sunday August 27th
If you'd like an additional peek at the Cross County extension, rides will be free during "Welcome Aboard Weekend" from approximately 12:15-10 p.m. on Saturday and on Sunday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. See first-hand why this new extension moves Metro into the forefront of America's public transportation systems!
ARTS IN TRANSIT ART DEDICATION
Sunday, October 1st 2-5 p.m.
Arts-in-Transit staff will provide guided tours of the new art projects along the Cross County alignment on Sunday, October 1st. These escorted train tours will leave from the Forsyth station.
QUESTIONS?
If you have any questions about any of the above events, call the Cross County Project Hotline at (314) 923-3050. A Metro staff member will return your call within one business day.
But this expansion includes much more than the MetroLink extension to Shrewsbury:
Based upon recommendations from our transit customers, careful attention has been given to maintaining existing MetroBus travel patterns without transfers and insuring bus-rail connectivity when a transfer is unavoidable.
MetroBus service has expanded to service niche markets. Washington University has entered into an agreement with Metro to provide Universal Transit Passes to approximately 25,000 employees and students—resulting in a potential addition of a million transit trips per year. A new bus route network serving the Central West End, Washington University Danforth and Medical School campuses is designed to serve the university, the associated medical center, as well as the general public in this heavily congested area.
MetroBus routes around the Shrewsbury-Lansdowne I-44 MetroLink branch are now feeder routes to MetroLink, providing faster, streamlined long distance trips.
Metro has established three new MetroBus Transfer Centers. One is at the new Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44 MetroLink Station. Several new MetroBus routes connect South County and South City neighborhoods via MetroBus to this new Shrewsbury MetroBus Transfer Center. These routes offer more direct southwest-southeast cross-town service to Mid-County than in the past. In addition, Metro has added more MetroBus service at the new Riverview MetroBus Transfer Center on the edge of north city and county, and at the new Brentwood I-64 MetroBus Transfer Center, located at the new Brentwood I-64 MetroLink Station. These are joined by the recently opened MetroBus Transfer Center adjacent to the main BJC Hospital complex and Washington University School of Medicine.
Two new "mega" express routes – one serving South County and the other serving North County have been implemented. West County has a new express feeder service connecting to the Brentwood I-64 MetroLink station. Service frequency during the peak hour is every 10 minutes between the Ballas MetroBus Transfer Center and the new Brentwood I-64 MetroLink station. Enhanced frequency has been provided on the 410X Eureka Express that continues to operate to downtown St. Louis. These routes also offer extended commuter hours of operation.
Later night and earlier morning service on key MetroBus routes serves customers with jobs requiring off-hours, and evening and weekend shifts, representing the largest area of employment growth in the St. Louis region in the past five years.
Metro has developed a single route (93 Midtown) to help conventioneers and tourists visit more of St. Louis’ attractions. The route serves primary downtown hotels, and connects many of the City’s most significant tourist venues including Soulard, the Anheuser-Busch Brewery, City Museum, Grand Center, Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, the Missouri Botanical Garden, and the Euclid and Hill area business districts.
So What Are You Waiting For?
Use TripFinder, Metro’s new online tool that allows you to map a route to or from anywhere in the Metro service area. You can choose from the fastest route, the most direct route, the route with the least walking distance or fewest transfers. You can specify when you want to leave – or when you want to arrive. And you can search by street address, intersection, or many area landmarks (Arch, Lambert International airport, shopping malls, and many more places). Of course, TripFinder is available 24-hours a day, 7 days a week for all your trip planning needs.
We look forward to seeing you on board MetroBus and MetroLink!
Sneak peak at subway stations:
http://ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=101534
watch the video
http://ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=101534
watch the video
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So I guess it's safe to say that the lines will not be color coded afterall. I think that's really stupid. They should be known as the Green and Red lines. It would be much easier for people to navigate.
I think we should get a third line before we start complaing over naming the two lines. The only potential problem I see not having easy names are the two Hanley stations. Other than that - I think with only two lines and all the stations having nice distinct names - its all right for now. If there was a new line (like the proposed north south line) that didn't run as an extension of the existing line then that should get its own name. Instead of red and green, since Clayton is an extension - lets call the main line red, and the Cross County Pink....
Will the Shrewsbury park 'n ride lot be open for the grand opening ceremony or will there be special events on it? I'd like to drive in on that day to check out the new extension and that would be very convenient if I could just park on the new lot.
I'll ask today when I go to the metro store, Jax...but that lot is so big I can't imagine them taking up the whole thing. With the events on the lawn across the street, that's really the only place to park. They also have plenty of common space and bus spaces that will be available.
Especially since METRO was the ones that announced RED and GREEN to be the colors... I'm still going to call them that... will be interesting to get the new guide and map.
In addition, I hate the name "coss county" ... when in reality it is in the city too - and it really isn't "cross county" (yet). I hate "extension" because it really IS NOT an extention per say... the St. Clair extension was an extension of the original line. AND, the way I see it... using "county" in the whole name is just another way of "seperation" of a community. I have a huge pet peeve in saying "city" or "county"... I have never heard that type of language outside of STL... and I know why it is done (at least with the elders) yet it is changing, thankfully ,with young'ens.
KMOV called the new line a "branch" and KSDK called it the "extension".
The PD called it the "Cross County Field" as is "Lambert Field" - OK - just kidding... but it would be something those idiots would say.
In addition, I hate the name "coss county" ... when in reality it is in the city too - and it really isn't "cross county" (yet). I hate "extension" because it really IS NOT an extention per say... the St. Clair extension was an extension of the original line. AND, the way I see it... using "county" in the whole name is just another way of "seperation" of a community. I have a huge pet peeve in saying "city" or "county"... I have never heard that type of language outside of STL... and I know why it is done (at least with the elders) yet it is changing, thankfully ,with young'ens.
KMOV called the new line a "branch" and KSDK called it the "extension".
The PD called it the "Cross County Field" as is "Lambert Field" - OK - just kidding... but it would be something those idiots would say.
...and Fox 2 had *nothing* about it on the 5 oclock news yesterday!
Hey busdad, did you say something about a "bus book"? I was thinking about having a comprehensive set of schedules for the buses and metrolink, highlighting key transfer points and times. But when I went to the metro store, they had no idea about that, although all the new 'pamphlet' type schedules are out.
btw, jax, they had no idea about the festivities either.
Hey busdad, did you say something about a "bus book"? I was thinking about having a comprehensive set of schedules for the buses and metrolink, highlighting key transfer points and times. But when I went to the metro store, they had no idea about that, although all the new 'pamphlet' type schedules are out.
btw, jax, they had no idea about the festivities either.