Metro Transit (St. Louis)

Metro Transit
Metro Transit services: MetroLink, MetroBus, Call-A-Ride, Loop Trolley
Overview
OwnerBi-State Development Agency
LocaleGreater St. Louis, MissouriIllinois, U.S.
Transit typeBus
Light rail
Streetcar
Paratransit
Number of lines59 bus routes
2 light rail lines
1 streetcar line
Number of stations5,000+ (bus)
38 (light rail)
10 (streetcar)
25 (transit centers)
26 (park and ride lots)
Daily ridership64,600 (weekdays, Q1 2025)
Annual ridership20,426,900 (2024)
12,350 (2024, Loop Trolley)
Chief executiveTaulby Roach
HeadquartersOne Metropolitan Square
211 North Broadway
St. Louis, Missouri, 63102, U.S.
Websitemetrostlouis.org
Operation
Began operation1963 (1963)
Reporting marksBSDA
Number of vehicles22 Siemens SD-400s
50 Siemens SD-460s
276 Diesel buses
24 Electric buses
123 Call-A-Ride vans
2 Gomaco Brill replica streetcars

Metro Transit is the main public transit operator in the Greater St. Louis region, which spans the states of Missouri and Illinois in the Midwestern United States. Its services include bus, light rail, streetcar, microtransit, and paratransit.

Metro Transit's service area includes the city of St. Louis and St. Louis County in Missouri and St. Clair County, Illinois. The agency is an enterprise of the Bi-State Development Agency, an interstate compact established in 1949. In 2024, the system had an annual ridership of 20,426,900, or about 64,600 per weekday as of the first quarter of 2025.