{"id":354373,"date":"2026-07-28T00:28:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T00:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/354373\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T00:28:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T00:28:06","slug":"route-727-debuts-with-express-link-from-downtown-st-pete-to-tampa-airport-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/354373\/","title":{"rendered":"Route 727 debuts with express link from downtown St. Pete to Tampa airport"},"content":{"rendered":"

PSTA said this service is expected to be available in October. It will run every 75 minutes, seven days a week between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m.<\/p>\n

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority<\/a> is celebrating St. Pete’s iconic 727 area code with the debut of route 727. It\u2019s a first-of-its-kind express service connecting downtown St. Petersburg directly to Tampa International airport.<\/p>\n

Now, officials said this will give people an easier way to get to the airport and also a more convenient way to get to the 727.\u00a0<\/p>\n


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\u201cGetting to the airport will be easier, more reliable, and less stressful than ever before,\u201d Brad Miller, PSTA CEO said.<\/p>\n

Miller said great transit connects people with opportunities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there are a lot of destinations in Florida so if we can get transportation to go everywhere that’s going to be good for everybody,\u201d Juan Betancourt said.<\/p>\n

Soon, three buses will pick up passengers at nine stops throughout downtown St. Petersburg. PSTA said riders will be able to catch route 727 near the waterfront and at several downtown SunRunner<\/a> stations. It’s meant to make travel not only easy, but affordable.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt also gives our nearly 11,000 employees who work at TPA a sizable number who live in St. Petersburg and Pinellas County another great option to get to and from work,\u201d\u00a0Michael Stephens, TPA CEO said.<\/p>\n

Officials said the new route will cut travel time across the Bay by using the Howard Frankland express lanes, providing a direct connection to Tampa International Airport.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe haven’t connected enough in our own backyard and now we are putting our region together. We are connecting people not just to jobs, not just to opportunities but also to the nightlife and restaurants and all of the things on both sides of the Bay that are now more accessible,\u201d Hillsborough County Commissioner Harry Cohen said.<\/p>\n

PSTA said this service is expected to be available in October. It will run every 75 minutes, seven days a week between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PSTA said this service is expected to be available in October. It will run every 75 minutes, seven…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-354373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}