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Metro Transit to Help Spread Holiday Cheer Throughout the Region
Metro Transit is ringing in the holiday season by featuring music from local caroling groups and musicians at seven Metro Transit Center locations in December. Riders can enjoy the sounds of the season at any of the free, 60-minute concerts on the scheduled performance dates below:
Monday, December 3 | 5-6 p.m.
Central West End Transit Center
4510 Childrens Place
St. Louis, MO 63110
Celia’s Yuletide Express
Friday, December 7 | 5-6 p.m.
Shrewsbury-Lansdowne I-44 Transit Center
7201 Lansdowne Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63119
St. Louis Christmas Carols Association
Monday, December 10 | 5-6 p.m.
Emerson Park Transit Center
929 N. 15th Street
East St. Louis, IL 62205
Celia’s Yuletide Express
Monday, December 17 | 5-6 p.m.
Civic Center Transit Center
401 S. 14th Street
St. Louis, MO 63103
St. Louis Christmas Carols Association
Wednesday, December 19 | 5-6 p.m.
5th & Missouri Transit Center
150 N. 6th Street
East St. Louis, IL 62201
Caroling St. Louis
Wednesday, December 19 | 5-6 p.m.
North County Transit Center
3140 Pershall Road
Ferguson, MO 63136
Lamar Harris
Thursday, December 20 | 5-6 p.m.
Fairview Heights Transit Center
9720 W. Route 161
Fairview Heights, IL 62208
Caroling St. Louis
Metro riders and others are also invited to show their holiday spirit by helping to brighten the holidays for area children in need. Metro Transit and the St. Louis Blues have partnered on a toy drive to benefit Fire Truck O’Toys, a local non-profit that delivers toys to St. Louis area children’s hospitals.
To participate, hockey fans can bring a new, unwrapped toy to the special Blues-themed MetroBus, which will be located on the north end of the Civic Center Transit Center directly across from the Enterprise Center on two upcoming game nights — December 5 and December 9. Donations will be accepted at the Blues-themed bus starting two hours before each game and 30 minutes after the puck drops. Everyone who donates will receive a free Metro Adventure Pass (a one-day pass good for unlimited rides on MetroLink and MetroBus) and will be entered for a chance to win autographed items from the St. Louis Blues, including a puck, jersey and hockey stick.
Toy donations are also being accepted at the MetroStore, located at the corner of 8th and Pine Streets in downtown St. Louis, through Friday, December 7.
About Metro Transit
Metro Transit operates the St. Louis region’s public transportation system which includes 400 clean-burning diesel buses that serve 83 MetroBus routes in eastern Missouri and southwestern Illinois. Metro also operates MetroLink light rail vehicles on 46 miles of track serving 38 stations in the two-state area, and operates Metro Call‑A‑Ride, a paratransit fleet of 122 vans. Metro Transit is one of five enterprises operated by Bi-State Development.