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Quick StatsBest Ways to Get Around Town
- A bike
- Convince a friend to chauffeur you
- The Metrobus
- The Metrolink
- Your own two feet
How 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.
College Prowler Take
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. Students Speak Out
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WasKS says: Washington University in St. Louis 2014 Other  |
Buses or the Metrolink will take...
Buses or the Metrolink will take you to popular places like the the grocery store, the mall, and Target. They can also take you to the Loop, a street with lots of shops and restaurants, but it's probably easier to just walk there. If you want to go somewhere less popular or further away, it's definitely easier if someone has a car.
Transportation: March 10, 2009
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WasRA says: Washington University in St. Louis 2016 Arts, Visual and Performing |
Public transportation could be...
Public transportation could be better, but for the most part you can get around. There's the MetroLink (which can get you Downtown, to concerts, the Central West End, fun places) and busses (passes are given to Wash U kids for free). Taxis in St. Louis are horrible though. Just today my roommate arrived 30 minutes late to a job interview because her taxi picked her up much later than she'd requested. In the end, making friends with upperclassmen who are allowed to have cars on campus is the best bet. At least thats what I did!
Transportation: March 02, 2009
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jdross says: Washington University in St. Louis 2016 Business |
We have the campus shuttle, but...
We have the campus shuttle, but it's too easy to walk anywhere for me to use it. The metro is free for students and can take you to the airport or St. Louis. There are Priuses on campus that students can rent for a few dollars and hour, as well as the CS40 car, which is like $15 a day.
Transportation: February 22, 2009
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Anonymous says: |
The school has transportation that...
The school has transportation that will get you many places on campus, so I’ve never really used public transportation. The Metrolink will take you to any place in STL that you want to go. Wash U also has a shuttle to the metro station, and I think round trip tickets are cheap, so that’s nice. |
Anonymous says: |
Transportation is really...
Transportation is really convenient here. Wash U has a shuttle system that takes you to the Central West End, the Galleria, the grocery store and Target, the Loop, etc. When you hop on the one that goes to the Central West End, you can get off by the Metro link stop and take that into downtown St. Louis to go explore everything. So it’s pretty easy to get around off campus. I would just recommend taking advantage of public transportation more than I have. |
On-Campus Transportation
Wash U Transportation Services Web site: transportation.wustl.edu Wash U Escort Shuttle Service (314) 935-7777 8 p.m.–1:50 a.m. or 3:50 a.m., depending on the pick-up location
Wash U Transportation Services Web site: transportation.wustl.edu Wash U Shuttle Service (314) 935-5600 7 a.m.–7:30 p.m.
Taxi Cabs
County Cab Co.
(314) 993-8294
Laclede Cab Co.
(314) 535-1162
Yellow Cab City Service
(314) 361-2345
Yellow Cab County Service
(314) 991-1200
Greyhound
The Greyhound Bus Station is in downtown St. Louis, around 30 minutes away on the Delmar-Forsyth shuttle route.
Amtrak
St. Louis’s unsightly Amtrak station is located under Highway 40, in downtown St. Louis, behind the Krel Center at the 14th Street Exit St. Louis Amtrak Train Station 551 S. 16th St., St. Louis (800) 872-7245 www.amtrak.com
Airport
Lambert International Airport is 6 miles and approximately 20 minutes driving time from Wash U. Lambert International Airport (314) 426-8000
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