Thanks to $12 million in federal stimulus funds from Missouri (and the expected signature of Gov. Jay Nixon), Metro plans to restore a third of the service it cut in March.  The restoration will be on bus service and Call-A-Ride. No additional service is planned for MetroLink.  The following information on affected bus routes comes from Metro:

Service Enhancements:

4 Natural Bridge: Saturday service would change from operating every 60 minutes to every 40 minutes, between 5 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.

11 Chippewa: The weekday peak hour service would change from operating every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes.

13 Union: Weekday trips would extend to West Florissant and Union Boulevard from 6 p.m. to end of service.

16  City Limits: Weekday service would operate every 30 minutes from the Riverview MetroBus Center to Shrewsbury MetroLink station. Saturday service would change from operating every 60 minutes to every 40 minutes, from 5 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

18 Taylor: Weekday midday service would change from operating every 60 minutes to every 30 minutes.

36 Spanish Lake: One additional trip traveling north from Convention Center MetroLink station at 5:47 p.m. will be added.

40 Broadway: Additional service would be added operating every 30 minutes between Broadway and Meramec and the Riverview MetroBus center from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday service would operate every 30 minutes from the Riverview center and Broadway and Meramec.

41 Lee:  Saturday service would change from operating every 60 minutes to every 40, from 5 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

49 Lindbergh: Weekday bus service would be restored between the Ballas MetroBus center and the Jefferson Barracks VA Hospital, via St. Anthony’s Hospital with service operating every 60 minutes. Service between the North Hanley MetroLink station and Ballas MetroBus center would be every 30 minutes during peak hours and every 60 minutes during midday and evening periods. Saturday service would be restored between the Ballas MetroBus center and the South Grand Shopping Center, via St. Anthony’s Hospital, with service every 60 minutes.

57 Manchester: The 57 Manchester would no longer serve the Grand MetroLink station, but service would be provided between Wildwood and the Civic Center MetroBus Center daily. Weekday and Saturday service would operate every 30 minutes between the Civic Center MetroBus center and Barrett Station Road, and every 60 minutes to Wildwood. Sunday service would operate every 40 minutes between the Civic Center MetroBus Center and Barrett Station Road, and every 80 minutes to Wildwood.

59 Shaw: Service would extend to the Webster Groves area, ending at Rock Hill Loop via Brentwood Boulevard, Kirkham Road, Elm Avenue and Lockwood. All trips would serve Maplewood Commons. Weekday and Saturday service would operate every 30 minutes during daytime hours and every 60 minutes for evening service. Sunday service would operate every 60 minutes all day.

61 Chambers Road: Weekday service would operate every 20 minutes during morning service, every 40 minutes during afternoon service, and every 60 minutes during evening service. Saturday service would change from operating every 60 minutes to every 40 minutes, from 5 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

70 Grand: Weekday service would change from operating every 15 minutes to every 12 minutes from 5:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Service would extend to Broadway and  Taylor until 9:30 p.m. These changes are proposed because of heavy passenger loads.

74 Florissant: Weekday service would be restored on both the Waterford and New Halls Ferry branches. The Waterford branch would leave the Florissant Valley Community College, proceed via West Florissant Avenue to Dunn Road, Waterford Drive, North Waterford Drive, Lindbergh, Patterson, Greenway Chase, and New Halls Ferry ending at the Flower Valley Shopping Center. The New Halls Ferry branch would leave Florissant Valley Community College via West Florissant Avenue, to New Halls Ferry and ending at Flower Valley Shopping Center, with selected trips serving Delmar Gardens North. Weekend service would extend on the Waterford branch only, with service operating every 80 minutes from 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

90 Hampton: Service would extend to the Catalan Loop via Germania from 6 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays. Additional weekday peak hour service operating every 15 minutes would be provided between the Riverview MetroBus Center and Forest Park MetroLink station.

91 Olive: Service would extend to Chesterfield Mall with all westbound trips serving the Corporate Square area and JCC until 6:30 p.m.

94 Page: Weekday peak hour service to the Government Record Center would be provided every 15 minutes. Selected peak hour trips would extend to the Schuetz and Baur area.

97 Delmar: Weekday peak service operating every 20 minutes would be added.

98 Clayton-Chesterfield: The 98 Clayton-Chesterfield would provide service to areas previously served by the 258 West County Rapid between the Clayton MetroBus Center and Chesterfield Valley.

198 Ballas Outer 40: Service would be restored between the Ballas MetroBus Center and Chesterfield Parkway. Service would operate from the Ballas MetroBus Center, St. John’s Hospital, St. Luke’s Hospital, Delmar Gardens Chesterfield, Delmar Gardens West, and Cedars at JCA, replacing service previously provided by the 58 Clayton Ballas on both North and South Outer 40. Service would operate every 30 minutes during peak hours and every 60 minutes during off-peak hours. Weekend service would operate every 60 minutes all day, over the same routing as weekday service.

RESTORED BUS ROUTES:

These restored routes will not have the exact routing and scheduling as they had before March 30, but will provide similar service.

66 Clayton-Airport: Peak hour service would be restored between the Clayton MetroBus Center and Village Square Shopping Center. New routing via McKnight, I-170, Ladue Road, Meramec ending at the Clayton MetroBus Center. The route would operate on a 60-minute frequency, with a total of six morning trips and six evening trips.

40X I-55 Mehlville Express: Express bus service would be restored between the MoDOT Richardson Road Park-n-Ride lot and downtown St. Louis. Morning service would operate from the MoDOT Richardson lot to Meramec Bottom Road, the South County Education Center Park-Ride lot, Lemay Ferry, Butler Hill Road, the MoDOT Reavis Barracks Park-Ride lot, north on I-55 to Truman Parkway, Chouteau, 14th Street, Market, Ninth Street, WAshington Avenue and the Convention Center MetroLink station. Evening service would follow the reverse of morning service. The route would operate on a 30 minute frequency with a total of five morning trips and five evening trips per weekday.

58X Twin Oaks Express: Express bus service would be restored between the Ballas MetroBus Center and downtown St. Louis. Morning service would operate on Clayton Road, to Clarkson, Manchester, Big Bend, the Ohlendorf Park-Ride lot, Elm Street, east on I-44 to downtown St. Louis via Grand Avenue, Chouteau, Compton and Market Street before ending at the Convention Center MetroLink station. Evening service would follow the reverse of morning service. The route would operate on a 30-minute frequency, with a total of five morning trips and six evening trips per weekday.

174X New Halls Ferry Express: Express bus service would be restored between the Flower Valley Shopping Center and downtown St. Louis. Monring service would operate from the Flower Valley Center via New Halls Ferry, Netherton, Old Halls Ferry past the Hood’s Park-Ride Lot, east on I-270, and south on Highway 367 to Jenning Station Road, to the Riverview MetroBus Center, Hall Street, Adelaide Avenue, and I-70 into downtown, serving the Convention Center MetroLink station, Sixth Street, Pine Street, Eighth Street, Market, Tucker, Spruce and ending at the Civic Center MetroBus Center. Evening service would follow the reverse of morning service. The route would operate on a 30-minute frequency with a total of five morning trips and five evening trips.

194 Page Limited: Service would be restored between the Wellston MetroLink Station and Ameling & Bennington. Morning service would operate from the WEllson MetroLink Station along Page Avenue to Bennington, McKelvey and Ameling. Evening service woudl follow the reverse of the morning service. The route would operate on a 30-minute frequency with a total of four morning trips and four evening trips.

410X Eureka Express: Express route bus service would be restored between the MoDOT Gray Summit Park Ride Lot off I-44 to downtown St. Louis. Morning service would operate from the MoDOT Gray Summit lot, via I-44 to the Highway 66 Park-Ride lot, to the MoDOT Park-Ride lot on Highway 109 in Eureka, the MoDOT Park-Ride lot and Highway 141, continuing east on I-44 to Grand, Chouteau, Compton, Market, Ninth Street, WAshington and ending at the Convention Center MetroLink station. Evening service would follow the reverse of morning service. The route would operate on a 30 minute frequency with five morning and five evening trips.

NEW BUS SERVICE:

6 Fenton Gravois Bluffs: This route would provide service between the Shrewsbury Metrolink station, Gravois Bluffs area, and Maritz before returning to the Shrewsbury station. Morning service would operate from the Shrewsbury station over Murdoch Avenue, to I-44, I-270, south on Gravois to Highway 141 serving Gravois Bluffs Shopping Center, north on Highway 141 serving Sanford Brown College, St. Clare Hospital, Bowles Avenue, South Highway Drive, crossing over I-44 to Maritz, to the MoDOT Highway 141 Park-Ride lot and returning eastbound on I-44  to the Shrewsbury MetroLink station. Evening service would follow the reverse of morning service. Peak hour weekday service would operate every 30 minutes, with midday and eveing service operating every 80 minutes. Weekend service would operate approximately every 90 minutes with the same routing as weekday service.

158 Hanley Chesterfield: This route would provide service between the North Hanley MetroLink station, Westport Plaza, St. John’s Hospital, Ballas MetroBus Center, St. Luke’s Hospital, Delmar Gardens West and Cedars at JCA. Three morning trips would be provided from the North Hanley MetroLink station between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. on a 30 minute frequency. Three evening trips woudl be provided between 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on a 30 minute frequency.

99 Downtown Circulator: This circulator route would serve downtown St. Louis, operating fromt he Civic Center MetroBus Center to 14th Street, Washington Avenue to the Convention Center MetroLink station, to Broadway, Spruce, Fourth Street, west on Washington Avenue, south on 14th Street, returning to the Civic  Center MetroBus Center. The route would operate during weekdays on a 10-minute frequency during the daytime, and on a 20-minute frequency during the evening. Hours of operation would be from 5:05 a.m. to 12:16 a.m. Saturday service would operate every 20 minutes between 5:10 am. to 11:58 p.m. No Sunday service is proposed for this route.