In our May issue, Bistating It suggested traveling by bus to destinations near and far, and offered directions for getting to Northwest Plaza and Lambert Field, as well as some less distant points. This month the second and final installment of BiStating It directs you to St. Charles and to
Jefferson Barracks Park and Veterans Hospital and offers some miscellaneous information.
St. Charles. Catch a City Limits bus northbound at Washington & Delmar; transfer at the Wellston Loop to a Wellston-St. Charles bus. This trip costs 95c per adult and 55c per child. It is a major excursion and takes about 1½ hours. Alternatively, you can go to Northwest Plaza as described last month and transfer to a Wellston-St. Charles bus at Baskin-Robbins in the Plaza. Going this way costs $1.00/adult, 70c/child. It takes about the same length of time. The bus stops in downtown St. Charles, within easy walking distance of the Court House, Old Capitol Building (restored; costs 50c), Historical Society Museum, and antique shops. En route you cross the Missouri River. Jefferson Barracks Park and Veterans Hospital. Take any bus downtown all the way to the terminus (Delmar & Broadway, near Union Market). Transfer to the Broadway bus southbound. Get off at Jefferson Barracks Park. Time: about 1 hour; cost: 65c/adult, 40c/child. At the park, tour the military museum and the caretaker’s house and watch the barges on the Mississippi. Variations on this trip. (a) Stay on the Broadway bus and go directly to the Veterans Hospital. (cost: the same; time: about 15 minutes additional.) (b) See Jefferson Barracks Park; then get on another Broadway bus and continue on to the hospital.
This costs 25c/adult, 15c/child additional because you get off the bus for awhile. (c) Drive to Jefferson Barracks Park, catch the Broadway bus at the main park entrance, and go to Veterans Hospital. This costs 25c/adult, 15c/child and takes about 20 minutes. Enjoy the view of the Mississippi and give your children a quick course in structural engineering as you pass Jefferson Barracks Bridge. A 15 minute ayover at the hospital provides additional viewing of the river.
Here is an accumulation of miscellaneous additional information that might be helpful. The DelmarForsyth westbound goes to Westroads. Eastbound buses terminate at Union Market. The Olive-Creve Coeur buses, which you catch at the LelandKingsland Loop in University City (near the Loop Market) travel Olive St. Road, past National, A&P, Nelly Don Fabrics, Target, Remnant House, and Pier 1 Imports. You can get to West County Shopping Center via City Limits southbound to Maplewood; transfer to Big Bend westbound. The Broadway southbound goes to Soulard.
BiState Information, 773.1120, will tell you what time any particular bus is leaving, what the fare is, and what bus to catch to take you where you want to go. This is also the number to call to have time tables and route maps mailed to you.
If you really want to get carried away by bus trips, hop any bus to the downtown terminus, cross Delmar, and board a Greyhound to somewhere. Bon Voyage!
Originally published in The Paper, June 1975.
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Original source: SD_Times1975_06.pdf, printed page(s) 3; PDF page(s) 3.
