MetroBus is the public

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for

Greater St. Louis Greater St. Louis is a bi-state metropolitan area that completely surrounds and includes the independent city of St. Louis, the principal city. It includes parts of both Missouri and Illinois. The city core is on the Mississippi Riverfront on t ...

connected with the MetroLink light rail system. It is managed by the

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and uses a shared fare system with the MetroLink system. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of .

Service

Its service currently has 75 bus routes and service four counties in

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and

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...

, including the

City of St. Louis St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...

. 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.

Bus routes

Missouri

Illinois

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. *

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Clayton Transit Center Clayton may refer to: People *Clayton (name) *Clayton baronets *The Clayton Brothers, Jeff and John, jazz musicians * Clayton Brothers, Rob and Christian, painter artists *Justice Clayton (disambiguation), the judges Clayton Places Canada * Clay ...

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North Broadway Transit Center North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...

* Gravois Hampton Transit Center * Civic Center Transit Center * Brentwood Transit Center *

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* Riverview Hall Transit Center * North Hanley Transit Center * Shrewsbury Transit Center * North County Transit Center

Bus loops

* Catalan Loop * Rock Hill Loop

Maintenance facilities

There are four maintenance facilities in the Greater St. Louis Area. *

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* Brentwood Garage * DeBaliviere Garage * Illinois Garage

References

External links

Metro Website
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