Maps & Directions to the Lab

A. From the Airport

• The Main Terminal (Concourses A, B, C and D). Walk past the X-ray security checkpoint. Take the escalator up one floor. Look for the sign for Metrolink, near the D Concourse (to the East).
• The East Terminal (Concourse E / Southwest Airlines). Walk straight out the front door and follow the signs for Metrolink.

Ticket. Buy a ticket from the machine. You do not need exact change. A single one-way ticket or the one-day pass if you will use the train again today. This ticket will be "validated" by the machine. At any time, a conductor on the train may ask to see your ticket.

Getting On and Off the Train. The Main Terminal is the end of the line, so just get on the next train. The East Terminal is one stop away. Get off at the "Central West End" station (about 20 min, about 9 stops).Come up the stairs onto South Euclid Avenue. Turn left and walk a block. Enter the medical school's glass-enclosed Farrell Bldg on your left at 520 S. Euclid. Now go to A4 below

.A2. Taxi. Walk toward the baggage claim and then out the exit marked for Taxis. Tell the driver you want to go to the Washington University Medical School at 520 S. Euclid, which is across the street from Barnes-Jewish Hospital. You do NOT want to go to the Washington University main campus. Now go to A4 below.

A3. Driving.Ask at the rental car lot how to get onto Rt 170 (Not 70!) South. Take 170 South about 5 miles to its termination on Rt 64/40. Go East on 64/40, toward St. Louis. Travel a few miles and several exits to the exit for Kingshighway - North. Turn right at the first light. Barnes Hospital will be on your left, and you will be headed straight for the Basic Science complex on S. Euclid. Turn Right onto S. Euclid. Go two intersections and turn Left onto Clayton Avenue. Pass through one traffic light (at Taylor) and then enter a big garage on your left. The charge is $5 per day. From the garage, walk back to the Basic Science complex. Enter the complex of buildings via the circle drive. Ask for directions to Room 416 of the McDonnell Science Building.

A4. When you get to 520  S. Euclid... From the guard's desk inside the door, call us. John's office phone is 362-3964. You only need to dial 2-3964 on an inside phone. The lab phone is 362-4606 (2-4606 from inside). The office phone has an answering machine, but the lab phone does not. Someone can come get you. Alternatively, ask someone for directions to Room 416 of the McDonnell Science Building.