Free Rides Come to an End for Santa Fe Residents

WHAT: Three-month free-ride period on the New Mexico Rail Runner Express ends for residents of Santa Fe County. Beginning Wednesday, March 18^th – all passengers will pay regular fares.

WHEN: Tuesday, March 17^th

WHERE: For specific information on train tickets and how to calculate your train fare, visit nmrailrunner.com

“A lot of people have had a chance to take advantage of the three-month ride-free period on the Rail Runner since we opened the corridor to Santa Fe back in mid-December”, says Lawrence Rael, Executive Director of the Mid-Region Council of Governments. And even though the free rides are coming to an end, the good part is that they will now be able to use their train ticket to connect to other modes of transportation – like buses and shuttles – for free! So there’s still a silver lining even though they’ll now have to pay for their tickets”.

The New Mexico Rail Runner Express has carried more than 330-thousand passengers in three months since completing Phase II of its passenger service into Santa Fe on December 15^th 2008. The train provides commuter service within a 100-mile corridor which connects the two largest metropolitan areas in the state - Santa Fe and Albuquerque, as well as rural communities in the corridor. The Rail Runner holds the record for being the fastest start-up of a commuter train service in the nation.

 

Contacts: 

• Augusta Meyers, MRCOG Communications Mgr. 505-239-8612, ameyers@mrcog-nm.gov
• S.U. Mahesh, NM Department of Transportation (505) 490-0976

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