page_title: New Mexico Rail Runner Express
section_title: Connections
hierarchical_section_title: New Mexico Rail Runner Express / Connections
caption_attribution_description: English: The Belen station on the New Mexico Rail Runner commuter rail line.
context_page_description: The New Mexico Rail Runner Express is a commuter rail system serving the metropolitan areas of Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is administered by the New Mexico Department of Transportation and the Rio Metro Regional Transit District, a regional transportation agency, while Herzog Transit Services currently holds the contract for the operation and maintenance of the line & equipment. Phase I of the system, operating on an existing right-of-way from Belen to Bernalillo that NMDOT purchased from BNSF Railway, opened in July 2006. Phase II, the extension of the line to Santa Fe, opened in December 2008.
  Peak ridership took place in 2010, and has since declined each year. Daily ridership, as of February 2019, was 2,200 trips per day.
  Rail Runner service was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and remains suspended as of August. Rio Metro has continued to run empty trains along the route in order to maintain readiness of the vehicles and crew.
context_section_description: The Rail Runner connects with Amtrak and Greyhound Lines at Downtown Albuquerque. NMDOT Park and Ride shuttles connect the Downtown Albuquerque station to Moriarty, the NM 599 station to Los Alamos and southern Santa Fe, and the South Capitol station in Santa Fe to the communities of Los Alamos, Española, and Las Vegas. Park and Ride passengers with a systemwide monthly pass can ride the Rail Runner for free.
  There are connections to numerous ABQRide routes (including Rapid Ride) in Downtown Albuquerque as well as ABQRide routes at the Los Ranchos/Journal Center, Montaño, and Bernalillo County/International Sunport stations. ABQRide offers free service to anyone who shows their Rail Runner ticket. In Santa Fe, Santa Fe Trails' bus routes, a city government shuttle, and a Department of Transportation shuttle provide local connections at the South Capitol and Santa Fe Depot stations on which Rail Runner passengers also receive free transfers.
  There are also a number of smaller shuttle services serving the Rail Runner: a shuttle to Socorro and through Belen serves the Belen station, Los Lunas Public Transportation serves the Los Lunas station, the Sandoval Easy Express serves the two stations in Bernalillo, the University of New Mexico has a dedicated shuttle connecting its main campus to the Downtown Albuquerque station, a shuttle to Taos serves the Santa Fe Depot and South Capitol stations, and Santa Ana Pueblo, Isleta Pueblo, and Pojoaque Pueblo each operate shuttles connecting their casinos to the nearest Rail Runner station.
caption: A typical Rail Runner platform
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