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Quick Guide to June 11, 2012 Quarterly Service Changes
Return to BlogMetro will launch a quarterly service change on Monday, June 11, with changes to 24 routes in Missouri. Some of these are minor route or schedule changes to improve connections and route performance, but some changes are significant. Please take a moment to review the upcoming service updates. Additional service will be added to the #35 Rock Road, #61 Chambers, #90 Hampton, #99 Downtown Trolley (Sunday service added), #40X I-55 Express, and #410X Eureka Express.
Also, the Muny Theatre at Forest Park has scheduled shows on select dates effective June 18 – August 12, 2012. The #3X Muny Trolley will shuttle customers to and from the Muny Theatre and the Forest Park-DeBaliviere MetroLink Station on show days. A schedule for the service will be available on Metro’s website starting in June.
Service Updates
The next for the Service Change is scheduled for an effective date of June 11, 2012. Brief details of the changes are as follows:
- #1 Gold: Re-scheduled with routing and running time adjustments on Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays. The route will no longer serve Clayton Transit Center. New routing would be a one way loop via Forsyth, Hanley and Wydown. Schedules, Map
- #16 City Limits: The first two buses now pulling out to the Riverview Transit Center on Weekdays will start in service Northbound at Delmar Station. Schedules
- #18 Taylor: The first southbound trip on Weekdays would be shifted to operate 5 minutes earlier to connect with the westbound MetroLink Blue Line leaving Central West End at 5:48am. Schedules
- #21 Watson Rd: Re-scheduled on Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays, to provide closer connections with the #11 Chippewa and the MetroLink at Shrewsbury. Schedules
- #32 ML King-Chouteau: Re-scheduled on Weekdays, with running time adjustments only. Schedules
- #35 Rock Rd: Re-scheduled on Weekdays, with running time adjustments and 30 min headways during the evening peak starting at 2:00pm. Schedules
- #36 Spanish Lake: Re-scheduled on Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays, with running time adjustments and weekday service with 40 minute headways. Schedules
- #40 Broadway: Re-scheduled on Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays, with running time adjustments in both directions between Catalan Loop and Grand & Meramec. Schedules
- #42 Sarah: The first southbound trip on Weekdays would be shifted to operate 5 minutes earlier to connect with the westbound MetroLink Blue Line leaving Central West End at 5:48am. Schedules
- #44 Hazelwood: Re-scheduled on Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays, with time adjustments to minimize layover time at Florissant Valley Community College. This is in response to the College’s request due to issues with blockage of fire lane. Schedules
- #45 Ferguson-Florissant: Re-scheduled on Weekdays and Saturdays, with time adjustments, to minimize layover time at Florissant Valley Community College. This is in response to the College’s request due to issues with blockage of fire lane. Schedules
- #56 Kirkwood: Re-scheduled on Weekdays and Saturdays, to provide closer connections with the #11 Chippewa and the MetroLink at Shrewsbury. Schedules
- #57 Maplewood – Wildwood: Re-scheduled on Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays, to provide closer connections with the MetroLink at Maplewood-Manchester Station. Schedules
- #61 Chambers: Re-scheduled on Weekdays, with running time adjustments and 24 min headways during evening peak hours; 40 min headways from 6:00pm to 11:00pm, to better connect the Metrolink at North Hanley. Schedules
- #74 Florissant: Re-scheduled on Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays, with time adjustments, to minimize layover time at Florissant Valley Community College. This is in response to the College’s request due to issues with blockage of fire lane. Schedules
- #75 Lilac-Hanley: Re-scheduled on Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays, with running time adjustments only. Schedules
- #90 Hampton: Re-scheduled on Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays, with running time adjustments and 24 min headways during morning and evening peak on weekdays and to better connect with the Metrolink. Schedules
- #94 Page: Re-scheduled on Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays, with running time adjustments and weekdays with 24 min headways during morning and evening peaks and 40 min headways during mid-day off peak. All trips will serve Warson, Lindbergh and Scheutz. Schedules, Map
- #97 Delmar: Re-scheduled on Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays, with running time adjustments only. Schedules
- #99 Downtown Trolley: Re-scheduled with on Weekdays and Saturdays, with Sunday service added. Schedules, Map
- #36X Bissell Hills Express: Re-scheduled on Weekdays, with running time adjustments only. Schedules
- #40X I-55 Express: Re-scheduled on Weekdays, with one evening trip added and 20 min headways from 4:00pm to 5:00pm. Schedules
- #57X Clayton Rd: Re-scheduled on Weekdays, with running time adjustments only. Schedules
- #174X Halls Ferry Express: Re-scheduled on Weekdays, with running time adjustments only. Schedules
- #410X Eureka Express: Re-scheduled on Weekdays, with one pm trip added at 3:05pm. Schedules
To better explain the reasons for these changes, the Planning Department put together a list of reasons for the service changes.
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Isn’t the announced change for the #1 Gold misleading, since work on the pedestrian tunnel at Wash U will delay the actual service change until August?
We have now updated the #1 Gold change to reflect the reroute, as well as the #2 Red reroute as well.
Well, guess what. There is a reroute on MetroBus route #56 that began two or three weeks ago and is scheduled to last 18 months. I posted the reroute because someone removed it off of Facebook and those reroutes are public infomation items and should be up during the duration of the time the reroute is to be in effect. I asked the security guard just outside the Kayak’s Coffee shop and he agreed with me that it was stupid to take the public information down off the board when it comes to reroutes. But incase if the planners feel there is a need to keep the reroute of MetroBus route #56 secret, then I am having Call-a-Ride take me to work at Mercy and bring me home. Keeping public information secret is what kills ridership.
Patrick, we have returned the rider alert about the #56 reroute to the rider alerts page. The reroute will be in effect as needed by road construction in the area.