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MetroBus 
Slogan Connecting People With Places Founded 1949 Headquarters St. Louis, Missouri Service area Greater Saint Louis Service type Transit bus and Express bus service Routes 75 Stops 9000+ Hubs 14 Transit Centers and 34 Park and Ride Lots Fleet 433 Fuel type Diesel Operator Metro aka Bi-State Development Agency Chief executive John Nations (October 2010 - Present) Chief Operating Officer Ray Friem Web site Metro Website MetroBus is the public bus service for the Greater St. Louis Region connected with the MetroLink light rail system. It is managed by the Bi-State Development Agency and uses a shared fare system with the MetroLink rail.
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Service
Its service currently has 75 bus routes and service four counties in Missouri and Illinois, including the City of St. Louis. MetroBus service operates daily and averages about 110,000 daily boardings, which is more than the MetroLink. The capacity of the system can accommodate 25,000 additional passengers during peak hours and the daily capacity of the system could most likely accommodate 115,000 additional boardings in all hours.
Fares
The Base adult fare for riding MetroBus is $2.00. A reduced fare of $1.00 is available to for customers with disabilites, seniors (people 65 years and over), and children ages 5 to 12. Children 4 and under ride free. A Metro Multi-Use 2-Hour Transfer is $2.75 for adults and $1.35 for seniors, customers with disabilities, and children which can be used within 2 hours on either MetroBus or MetroLink.
Bus routes
Missouri
Missouri Bus Routes No. Name Notes 1 Gold This route is part of a contract with Washington University. 2 Red This route is part of a contract with Washington University. 3 Forest Park Trolley This route runs entirely in Forest Park. 4 Natural Bridge Travels from North Hanley Metrolink Station, follows Natural Bridge Avenue for the most part, ends at Civic Center MetroLink Station 8 Bates Morganford 10 Gravois Lindell Southern half of this route follows Gravois Ave from Hampton Loop to 14th and Spruce near Civic Center MetroLink Station 11 Chippewa Travels from Shrewsbury Station, east on Lansdowne Avenue, east on Chippewa, North on Jefferson Avenue, east on Market to 14th Street. Eventual endpoint is Civic Center Station. Southbound trips travel south on 14th, west on Chouteau Avenue, then south on Jefferson before reversing its route and returning to Shrewsbury Station. 13 Union Travels from Union at West. Florissant in North St. Louis down to Central West End Station. 14 Botanical Garden Continues route 13 through the Missouri Bontanical Garden. 16 City Limits 17 Oakville 18 Taylor 21 Watson Road Entire route once part of route 11 27 North County Shuttle 30 Soulard 32 M.L. King-Chouteau Continues route 57 along Manchester Avenue, through Downtown St. Louis, and along Martin Luther King Drive to Rock Road Station. 33 Dorsett-Lackland 34 Earth City Travels I-70 from North Hanley MetroLink Station to Earth City Expressway 35 Rock Road Now serves St. Louis Mills and North Hanley Station. End point is at Rock Road MetroLink Station. 36 Spanish Lake 40 Broadway 41 Lee 42 Sarah 44 Hazelwood Alternates with route 45 on some trips. 45 Ferguson-Florissant Alternates with route 44 on some trips. Parts of this route were once part of route 74. 46 Tesson Ferry Prior to the construction of the Blue MetroLink line, route 46 was part of route 47. Route 47 was split when the Blue Line was built. Blue Line replaced service on route 47 between Clayton MetroBus Center and Shrewsbury. Now it begins at Shrewsbury Station. 47 North Hanley Limited trips to Jamestown Mall in North St. Louis County. North terminus since 2007 has been Flower Valley Shopping Center at New Halls Ferry Road and North Lindbergh in Florissant. 48 South Lindbergh North Terminus is the Ballas Transfer Center. 49 North Lindbergh Route 49 used to be the largest route in the Metrolink System until the early 2000s when it was broken up into what is now part of routes 36, 44, 47, and 48. South Terminus is the Ballas Transfer Center. 56 Kirkwood-Webster 57 Maplewood-Wildwood Continues route 32. 58 Clayton Ballas As the name would imply, the endpoints are in Clayton (at the Clayton Transit Center) and at the Ballas Transit Center in Town and Country. 59 Dogtown A route that travels through the HiPointe and Dogtown Neighborhoods in St. Louis. Western terminus is Rock Hill Loop. 61 Chambers Starts at North Hanley Station. Follows Airport Road through Chambers Road. Ends at Riverview Transit Center. 64 Lucas Hunt 66 Clayton Airport South terminus is Clayton Transit Center. North termius is Village Square Shopping Center in Hazelwood. 70 Grand This route is Metro's busiest route, operating with 10-minute frequency between North Broadway Transit Center and Meramec Street due to the crowds that always form. Follows Grand Blvd. North endpoint is North Broadway Transit Center in North St. Louis. 73 Carondelet The southern counterpart of route 74. Ends at South County Center. 74 Florissant Starts at St. Louis Community College Florissant Valley. Ends at 14th and Spruce near the Civic Center Metrolink Station. 75 Lilac-Hanley Follows Dunn Road along I-270 in North St. Louis County. 80 Park-Shaw An East-west route that follows Park Avenue through the City passing through the Shaw Neighborhood. 90 Hampton Additional trips added during the spring and summer months to ease parking congestion in Forest Park. 91 Olive 94 Page Follows Page Avenue out towards Westport Plaza in Maryland Heights. 95 Kingshighway A North-South Route following Kingshighway in St. Louis. Passes by much of the Central West End and the east boundary of Forest Park. 97 Delmar 98 Chesterfield Hanley Generally travels between North Hanley Metrolink Station in Kinloch to St. Luke's Hospital in Town and Country. 99 Downtown Circulator The buses used for this route display "99 Downtown Trolley" and are painted to look like trolleys. 40X I-55 Express 57X Clayton Road Express 58X Twin Oaks Express 110 Affton 158 Ballas West County 174X Halls Ferry Express Limited service bus begins at Flower Valley Shopping Center in Florissant and the Robert A. Young Federal Building at 12th and Spruce. 210 Fenton-Gravois Bluffs 36X Bissell Hills Express 258 Clayton-Chesterfield 410X Eureka Express Green Line Illinois
Illinois Bus Routes No. Name Notes 1 Main St - State St This route runs from 5th & Missouri Station in East St. Louis to the Belleville Station in Bellevile. 2 Cahokia This bus route runs entirely in Cahokia, Illinois. It also services the St. Louis Downtown Airport and 5th & Missouri MetroLink Station. 4 19th & Central - ML King 6 Rosemont - Fairmont City 8 Alta Sita 9 Washington Park 12 O'Fallon Fairview Heights 13 Caseyville-Marybelle 14 Memorial Hospital Westfield Plaza 15 Belleville Shiloh Scott 16 St. Clair Square This route runs almost entirely on Illinois Route 159 from the MCT Collinsville Station to the College MetroLink Station. 17 Carlyle Plaza 17th Street 21 Main & East Base Shuttles 501X Display Graphics Express 502X Waterloo Columbia This bus route runs from the 5th & Missouri MetroLink Station to Columbia and Waterloo in Monroe County. 512X Metrolink Station Shuttle 517X Lebanon Mascoutah Express Fleet
Bus passing under the under the St. Louis Science Center walkway
The bus fleet consists of 433 Gillig Phantom, and Gillig Low Floor buses. The Gillig buses vary in sizes which seats 43, 37 and 29 passengers. The fleet also consist of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered Neoplan which seats 42 passengers. The average age of a MetroBus is seven years. Metro's MetroBus fleet is 100% Americans with Disabilities Act accessible.
Facilities
Transit centers
MetroBus connects with 11 transit centers in Missouri and 3 transit centers in Illinois, with 6 of the 11 connecting with MetroLink.
- Shaw Transit Center
- Clayton Transit Center
- Central West End Transit Center
- North Broadway Transit Center
- Gravois Hampton Transit Center
- Civic Center Transit Center
- Brentwood Transit Center
- Ballas Transit Center
- Riverview Hall Transit Center
- North Hanley Transit Center
- Shrewsbury Transit Center
Bus loops
- Catalan Loop
- Rock Hill Loop
- Wellston Loop
Maintenance facilities
There are four maintenance facilities in the Greater St. Louis Area.
- Metro Main Shop
- Brentwood Garage
- DeBaliviere Garage
- Illinois Garage
See also
References
External links
- Metro Website
- Moving Transit Forward Website
- Moving Transit Forward Draft
- Arts in Transit Website
- Missouri Bus Routes
- Illinois Bus Routes
Public transportation in Greater St. Louis Public Transit Agencies Missouri: Bi-State Development Agency • St. Charles Area Transit Illinois: Madison County Transit • St. Clair County Transit DistrictLocal and express bus service Bus rapid transit St. Louis Bus Rapid TransitLight rail St. Louis MetroLink: (List of stations) Red Line • Blue LineStreetcar Streetcars in St. Louis • Delmar Loop Trolley • St. Charles City StreetcarParatransit Commuter rail St. Louis Commuter RailIntercity rail Airport Other Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri • Gateway Arch • Eads BridgeItalics denote lines or service which are planned, or not operating at this present time
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