Metro Service To Kansas City Zoo Main Entrance Starts May 16

Posted on: May 14, 2010

(Kansas City, Mo. -- May 14, 2010) On your next visit to the Kansas City Zoo, consider taking The Metro. Bus service to the Zoo starts Sunday, May 16 on the #53-Armour-Swope Park route. The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority recently revised Armour-Swope Park service so that Metro buses will serve the Zoo’s main entrance every hour, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays and from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends. Customers can catch the bus downtown, Crown Center, midtown and on the southeast portion of the route for direct service to the Zoo. Customers can also transfer to the #53-Armour-Swope Park from many other Metro buses at major intersections along the route. "Whether you are a tourist or a KC resident, The Metro's Armour-Swope Park route offers a convenient, affordable way to get to the Zoo," said Anita Cobbins, KCATA Marketing Manager. The schedule for #53-Armour-Swope Park is available online and in schedule racks. For more information about the route, fares, and transfers, customers can call the Regional Call Center at 816-221-0660 from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays.