/tags/metrorail MetroRail en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 08 Nov 2021 11:01:00 GMT /transportation/2021-11-08/capital-metro-is-working-to-make-four-north-austin-rail-crossings-quiet-zones Amid complaints from residents, the transit agency plans to seek an exception to a federal requirement that trains blow their horns every time they pass four rail crossings in North Austin. Mon, 08 Nov 2021 11:01:00 GMT /transportation/2021-11-08/capital-metro-is-working-to-make-four-north-austin-rail-crossings-quiet-zones Nathan Bernier /transportation/2021-05-13/capital-metro-metrorail-service-from-austin-to-leander-set-to-resume-may-29 More than a year after canceling weekend MetroRail service because of low ridership during the pandemic, Capital Metro says the Red Line will begin operating Saturdays starting May 29. Thu, 13 May 2021 21:59:15 GMT /transportation/2021-05-13/capital-metro-metrorail-service-from-austin-to-leander-set-to-resume-may-29 Nathan Bernier /transportation/2020-10-19/new-metrorail-station-opens-in-downtown-austin-months-ahead-of-schedule Trains rolled into Capital Metro’s new Downtown Station on Monday morning for the first time. The $37 million project beat its expected timeline by six� Mon, 19 Oct 2020 22:19:04 GMT /transportation/2020-10-19/new-metrorail-station-opens-in-downtown-austin-months-ahead-of-schedule Samuel King /transportation/2015-12-14/cap-metro-rolls-out-downtown-metrorail-station-plans From the Austin Monitor: Capital Metro has scaled down its ambitions for a permanent MetroRail station in downtown Austin. The transit agency showed off� Mon, 14 Dec 2015 18:51:35 GMT /transportation/2015-12-14/cap-metro-rolls-out-downtown-metrorail-station-plans Caleb Pritchard /transportation/2015-02-20/plans-for-new-metrorail-station-dont-have-everyone-on-board Capital Metro is planning some big improvements for MetroRail, the city’s only rail transit line. But one of the big-ticket items on that list of� Fri, 20 Feb 2015 14:03:54 GMT /transportation/2015-02-20/plans-for-new-metrorail-station-dont-have-everyone-on-board /transportation/2014-08-25/after-ridership-drops-cap-metro-looking-to-tweak-rapid-bus-system Austin's "MetroRapid" buses are larger and, let's be honest, nicer than your typical bus. They've got more doors, for one, which makes for faster loading� Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:18:17 GMT /transportation/2014-08-25/after-ridership-drops-cap-metro-looking-to-tweak-rapid-bus-system /transportation/2013-07-11/metrorail-service-behind-schedule-after-tech-problems-update Update: Capital Metro’s MetroRail Service is back up and running this morning. But trains are running behind schedule because of a technology problem� Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:22:46 GMT /transportation/2013-07-11/metrorail-service-behind-schedule-after-tech-problems-update Laura Rice /transportation/2013-04-04/metrorail-service-back-up-running-after-disruption-update Update: Capital Metro says MetroRail service is back up and running as normal this morning � all the way from Leander to downtown Austin.Derailed freight� Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:43:33 GMT /transportation/2013-04-04/metrorail-service-back-up-running-after-disruption-update Austin Feldman, Trey Shaar /transportation/2012-10-12/cap-metro-wants-your-ideas-for-fighting-traffic-in-north-austin Capital Metro is reaching out to residents in the suburbs north of Austin for input on possible transit options for connecting them to Central Austin. Cap� Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:16:09 GMT /transportation/2012-10-12/cap-metro-wants-your-ideas-for-fighting-traffic-in-north-austin Laura Rice /transportation/2012-08-30/more-details-emerge-in-metrorail-crash This spring, Austinite Jeremy Barta was killed when a MetroRail commuter train collided with his car while it was stuck on the tracks at a private rail� Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:26:08 GMT /transportation/2012-08-30/more-details-emerge-in-metrorail-crash Wells Dunbar, Texas Standard