System Profile

General Information

Total Passenger Boardings:  19,664,400

Rolling Stock:

• 75 MetroLink vehicles
• 261 MetroBus vehicles
  • 14 60-foot battery-electric articulated buses
  • 10 40-foot battery-electric buses
  • 237 35- and 40-foot low-emission diesel buses
• 123 Metro Call-A-Ride vans

MetroLink

• 46 miles of light rail
• 38 MetroLink stations
  • 27 stations in Missouri
  • 11 stations in Illinois
• Two MetroLink lines
  • Red Line – Operates from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport to Scott Air Force Base
  • Blue Line – Operates from Shrewsbury, Mo. to Fairview Heights, Ill.
• 6,829,700 boardings in FY2023

MetroBus

• 59 MetroBus routes
  • 46 Missouri routes
  • 13 Illinois routes
• 12,508,400 boardings in FY2023

Metro Call-A-Ride

• 296,100 passenger boardings in FY2023

Metro Transit Facts

• Based on passenger surveys, 84 percent of Metro transit riders use the system to get to work, and 20 percent to get to school.
• Studies show that every $1 invested in public transportation produces approximately $4 in economic returns.
• Since 2011, more than $11 billion in commercial development has been announced, is under construction or completed within a half-mile radius of MetroLink stations.