{"id":415401,"date":"2026-10-01T04:52:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T04:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/415401\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T04:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T04:52:25","slug":"pstas-express-route-to-tampa-international-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/415401\/","title":{"rendered":"PSTA&#8217;s express route to Tampa International Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/psta.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority\u2019s service<\/a> between downtown and Tampa International Airport is set to start Sunday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">The 727 Airport Express will provide premium, limited-stop express bus service between downtown St. Petersburg and Tampa International Airport, via Interstate 275 and the Howard Frankland Bridge express lanes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">The service will run seven days a week, between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">For airport travelers, that means a simple, dependable option with room for luggage and fewer concerns about driving, parking or navigating unfamiliar roads. One-way fares will be $2.25.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">Leaders from PSTA and Tampa International Airport said the service marks a significant milestone for travel between Pinellas County and TPA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">\u201cThis is more than a new route. It\u2019s a transformational investment in how our region moves,\u201d said PSTA CEO Brad Miller. \u201cFor the first time, residents and visitors will have a direct, premium transit connection from the heart of downtown St. Petersburg to Tampa International Airport. Whether you\u2019re catching a flight, heading to work or visiting our community, the 727 Airport Express will make traveling across the bay easier, faster and more convenient than ever before.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority\u2019s service between downtown and Tampa International Airport is set&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[274,20174,115,163655,275,135,137,136,278,11901,1798,835],"class_list":["post-415401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-app-top-stories","tag-auto-publish-video","tag-news","tag-spectrum-news-in-90","tag-spectrum-news-staff","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-top-stories","tag-transit","tag-transportation","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415401","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=415401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}