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The Loop Trolley is a 2.2-mile (3.5 km), 10-station heritage streetcar line in and near the Delmar Loop area of greater St. Louis, Missouri. It opened for service in 2018, then shut down in 2019 after revenue fell far short of projections. Service resumed in 2022 [3] under the Metro Transit division of the Bi-State Development Agency. [6]
Ewing Yard with some SD-400 and SD-460 cars. Metro Transit, the public transit operator in the Greater St. Louis area, operates two rail yards for the MetroLink light rail system, four bus depots for MetroBus and Metro Call-A-Ride services, and one streetcar barn for the Loop Trolley.
Many of today's MetroBus and Madison County Transit bus routes follow the routes and names of streetcar lines. In 2018, a 2.2-mile (3.5 km), 10-station heritage streetcar line was completed in and near the Delmar Loop area. Since 2022, the Loop Trolley has been operated in summer and fall by the Metro Transit division of the Bi-State ...
The trolley has stops at both the Forest Park-DeBaliviere and Delmar Loop MetroLink stations. On February 18, 2022, Metro Transit's board voted to take over operation of the Loop Trolley after several financial setbacks and closures. [8] Metro reopened the Loop Trolley for operation on August 4, 2022. [9]
In August 2022, Metro reopened the trolley and received a $1.26 million grant from the East-West Gateway Council of Governments to operate the service on a seasonal schedule for the next several years. [25] [26] [27] In November 2024, Metro announced the Loop Trolley ended that season within budget and with a 44% increase in ridership. [28]
The Red Line is the older and longer line of the MetroLink light rail system in Greater St. Louis.It serves 29 stations across three counties and two states.. While officially light rail, the Red Line has many characteristics of a light metro, rapid transit, or semi-metro service, [1] including an independent right-of-way, a higher top speed, and level boarding at all platforms.
Interior view of the 8th & Pine subway station in downtown St. Louis Platform at Clayton station in 2023 A train at the Terminal 1 station at St. Louis Lambert International Airport East Riverfront station in 2008 A view of the brick arches in the historic St. Louis Freight Tunnel, now used for MetroLink Platform of the Civic Center station (I-64 ramps can be seen in the background) West side ...
MetroLink (reporting mark BSDA) is a light rail system [7] [8] that serves the Greater St. Louis area. Operated by Metro Transit in a shared fare system with MetroBus, [9] the two-line, 38-station system runs from St. Louis Lambert International Airport and Shrewsbury in Missouri to Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.