{"id":417791,"date":"2026-10-03T15:10:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/417791\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T15:10:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:10:20","slug":"psta-to-launch-shuttle-service-between-downtown-st-pete-and-tpa-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/417791\/","title":{"rendered":"PSTA to launch shuttle service between Downtown St. Pete and TPA this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority says the 727 Airport Shuttle will provide express rides between downtown St. Petersburg and Tampa International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 A new way to travel to and from Tampa International Airport is coming to St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n<p>The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority will launch the <a href=\"https:\/\/psta.net\/services\/727-tpa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">727 Airport Shuttle<\/a> on Sunday, Oct. 4.<\/p>\n<p>The shuttle will provide regular daily rides between downtown St. Pete and TPA, according to PSTA. The buses will primarily use Interstate 275, including the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/traffic\/howard-frankland-bridge-express-lanes-open\/67-d391d0a3-6740-4b76-9a1e-71bc20ed1b12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">express lanes<\/a> on the Howard Frankland Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                This story continues below.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>A map released by PSTA shows nine planned stops, beginning in front of the St. Pete Pier, to pick up and drop off passengers.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ea87169c-275d-495f-9ce8-119d04c7d0fe_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The 727 Airport Shuttle will make 15 scheduled round trips per day, starting at the pier at 4:20 a.m. and finishing there at 11:04 p.m. You can plan your trip and track your bus in real time on the <a href=\"https:\/\/transitapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">PSTA Transit app.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The buses will also connect passengers directly with the SunRunner, which provides rides between downtown St. Pete and St. Pete Beach.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 727 Airport Shuttle is PSTA&#8217;s second airport route. The agency currently runs the on-demand Grouper Airport Express, which can transport groups of up to eight people between Clearwater Beach and St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport (PIE).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority says the 727 Airport Shuttle will provide express rides between downtown St. Petersburg&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-417791","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\/417791","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=417791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}