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Best Ways to Get Around Town
  • A bike
  • Convince a friend to chauffeur you
  • The Metrobus
  • The Metrolink
  • Your own two feet
Best Ways to Get to the Airport
  • Campus Parking & Transportation Services and Residential Life have also developed a shuttle plan for students to get to the airports during some holiday and other campus breaks. Students can call Parking Services (314) 935-5601 for ticket information, or visit their Web site at: transportation.wustl.edu
  • County Cab, (314) 991-5300 (around $25)
  • Ridefinders, will help you find someone going to the airport so you can carpool. (800) 847-7433 www.ridefinders.org
  • The Metrolink takes about 25 minutes and is free for Wash U students, but you need to remember to register for your U-pass every semester.

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Public transportation in St. Louis is not great. The Metrolink (St. Louis’s above-ground rail line) is free for Wash U students and has two stops near campus, but it has limited hours and is far from the freshman dorms. Besides the Metrolink, St. Louis has a complicated bus service and no subway, which makes a car indispensable for full access to the city and the surrounding areas. The convenient Wash U shuttles that run to nearby supermarkets, shopping malls, and movie theaters makes up somewhat for this deficiency, but public transportation is one of St. Louis’ major problems.

Further, St. Louis has a particularly spread-out geography. Interesting things to do are dispersed throughout a radius of several miles in the metro area, making access difficult without a car. Of course, everybody has friends with cars—even freshmen—so making some kind of quid pro quo arrangement with that friend might be a nice way to overcome St. Louis’s shortcomings in the transportation arena and see what the area has to offer.

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Transportation at Washington University in St. Louis

Booms1242

'15

Biology

4.6
A

Use the Upass

WashU gives each student and free UPass which allows them to travel on the MetroLink (kinda like a subway I guess) system for free. Don't be lazy, take the Metro to and from Lambert Airport. It's not a far walk at all and it will save you a ton of money, especially if you can't find anyone to split a cab with you. WashU is in a nice part of town, you will not be mugged on your way to the MetroLink station. That being said, the Metro is not good enough to get you to every part of the city. Taxis are needed especially if you are going to bars/clubs as a freshman (b/c frosh can't have their own car).

Feb 01, 2012

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Transportation at Washington University in St. Louis

dfaruqi

'12

Religious Studies

2.7
C+

Public Transportation in STL Sucks

Make sure you have a car if you come to school here, otherwise you'll be under involuntary house arrest.

Apr 27, 2011

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Transportation at Washington University in St. Louis

wustl14

'14

Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering

4.6
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Free Public Transportation

All washu-u students get free transportation on the metro (located right off of campus) and on buses. Taxis are also readily available for speedier/more convenient travel, but most places can be accessed through other means.

The negative side is that if you want a car on campus, passes are very expensive and parking isn't the greatest.

Dec 16, 2010

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Campus ShuttleWhat's This?

Wash U Shuttle Service

Wash U Transportation Services Web site: transportation.wustl.edu

(314) 935-5600

7 a.m.–7:30 p.m.

Wash U Escort Shuttle Service

Wash U Transportation Services Web site: transportation.wustl.edu

(314) 935-7777

8 p.m.–1:50 a.m. or 3:50 a.m., depending on the pick-up location

Nearest AirportWhat's This?

Lambert International Airport

Lambert International Airport is 6 miles and approximately 20 minutes driving time from Wash U.

(314) 426-8000

Nearest Passenger BusWhat's This?

St. Louis Greyhound

The Greyhound Bus Station is in downtown St. Louis, around 30 minutes away on the Delmar-Forsyth shuttle route.

1450 N. 13th St., St. Louis

(314) 231-4485

www.greyhound.com

Nearest Passenger TrainWhat's This?

St. Louis Amtrak Train Station

St. Louis’s unsightly Amtrak station is located under Highway 40, in downtown St. Louis, behind the Krel Center at the 14th Street Exit

551 S. 16th St., St. Louis

(800) 872-7245

www.amtrak.com

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