(Albuquerque, NM – April 13, 2009)- The New Mexico Rail Runner Express will end service early on Saturday, April 18^th for track construction and improvements. The last train leaving Santa Fe will be the #511 train departing at 6:20 p.m. For passengers heading north, the last train is the #508 arriving in Santa Fe 6:03 p.m. All other Rail Runner service that Saturday will run on its normal schedule.

 “We want to make sure that those people planning travel to and from Santa Fe aboard the Rail Runner next Saturday are aware of the service interruption, so that they don’t get left behind”, says Lawrence Rael, Executive Director of the Mid-Region Council of Governments. “This service disruption will not affect those traveling south of the U.S. 550 station in Bernalillo – only those traveling north to Santa Fe.”

NM Rail Runner Express Service Interruption

Saturday, April 18^th

Cancelled: Train #510 arriving in Santa Fe at 9:12 p.m.

The important thing to note is that the last train heading north back to Santa Fe on Saturday, April 18^th is train #508, departing Downtown Albuquerque at 4:31 p.m. arriving in Santa Fe at 6:03 p.m.

(The #510 train will terminate at the Sandoval County/US 550 station at 8:18 p.m. This train, which normally is the last train into Santa Fe for the evening, will not continue on.)  

Cancelled: Train #513 departing Santa Fe at 10:00 p.m.

 This means that train #511 departing Santa Fe at 6:20 p.m. will be the last train leaving Santa Fe on Saturday, April 18^th.

(The #513 train which normally departs Santa Fe
at 10:00 p.m. is cancelled.

There will be conductor announcements on the trains this week, as well as information on bus and shuttle connections.

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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