St. Louis Metrolink

It seems like the Metrolink would be a good way to get from St. Charles to Union Station. I would ride my bike to Creve Coeur Park. From there it seems like there must be a way to ride or bus to a metrolink station. I have not found the Metrolink web site very helpful. The RTD-Denver.com is a lot better for finding routes.


Any suggestions?

Will going South to Olive and taking the #91 Olive bus east to the Belmar Metrolink Station work? The web site states that most St. Louis buses have bike racks.

Well, what would have been nice is if the St. Chuck residents would have agreed to having MetroLink cross the river into St. Charles proper. But, alas, that was not to be.

We like our moat. Thank you very much. It keeps the riff-raff out that can't afford cars and gas from stealing our TVs and women.

I got this suggestion from Metrolink. I think this should be added to possible routes.

If you ride your bike east on Marine Avenue, to the intersection of Marine &
McKelvey Rd., you may board our #33 Dorsett Lackland bus, exit at the Rock
Road Station, and transfer to an eastbound "Shiloh-Scott" Metrolink train,
which will take you to the Civic Center Station (14th & Spruce). Simply
follow the path to the Amtrak Station, approx. 1-1/2 blocks. You may take
your bike on our bus and train, and the distance that you ride is much less.

Please click on these website links to see the schedules, route maps, and
turning directions. Additionally, it may be very helpful, if you will click
on our Metrolink Station List, select the Interactive Google Map, and get
directions from Creve Coeur Lake to the Rock Road Station or Delmar Station.
I think you will get a clearer idea of the distance.

http://www.metrostlouis.org/MetroBus/MapsRoutes.asp
http://www.metrostlouis.org/MetroLink/MLtimetables.asp
http://www.metrostlouis.org/MetroLink/stationlist.asp
http://www.metrostlouis.org/GettingStarted/operatinghours.asp
http://tripfinder.metrostlouis.org/

Here is the link for our System Map. It is currently being updated, and many
of the routes shown have changed drastically or have been eliminated. Though
you should not rely on the route information shown, you can get an overall
view of the system and where we provide some service in the area.

http://www.metrostlouis.org/MetroBus/SystemMap.asp

Too funny, Chucktown.
I guess I wouldn't make a good criminal, but the last place I would want to be after stealing a TV (or a woman) would be public transit. What next, draw bridges at Page Ave., I-70 and 370? Wait... we have one in Boonville that might work for ya! ;-)

Too funny, Chucktown.
I guess I wouldn't make a good criminal, but the last place I would want to be after stealing a TV (or a woman) would be public transit. What next, draw bridges at Page Ave., I-70 and 370? Wait... we have one in Boonville that might work for ya! ;-)

Would it be possible to ride over the river on the bridge to Creve Coeur Park, and then ride the back roads over to the airport to get on the Metro? Is that possible?

I am brand new to the area, and would appreciate feedback from those of you who would know.

Thanks.

Post this to http://www.stlbiking.com/forum/, lots of local riders there and a shortage of political commentary.

I thought I would finish this topic since I started it. Two of us rode from Sedalia to St. Louis. September 19, to 24th. We met a couple that lived near Creve Couer at the Red Brick B&B in Augusta. St. Louis is not proud of their bus system. They gave us a ride all the way to the Amtrak station downtown so we would not have to ride the bus. We got a good look at the hill out of the park up on Marine. This is the only way out of the park and it is narrow with quite a bit of traffic. Locals do ride that hill quite often because of the bike trail link from Creve Couer to the Katy trail. Once you are up the hill, Marine has sidewalks and is a better ride than Dorsett. The Metrolink Civic Center Station is right next to Amtrak. The Metrolink fare is only $1.00. I still think the #33 bus is a viable way to get to Metrolink and then downtown to Amtrak but we did not do it.