Rail Runner Offers Special Saturday Service Memorial Day Weekend Through Labor Day Weekend   

Service Kicks Off with Free Rides this Saturday

(Albuquerque, NM – May 21, 2008)- Beginning Memorial Day weekend and running through Labor Day weekend, the New Mexico Rail Runner Express is offering special Saturday service for the summer. The charge to ride the train on Summer Saturdays is a flat $2 fee, but to kick off this first Saturday, passengers can ride the Rail Runner for FREE!

“We ran special Rail Runner service on weekends last summer, and people loved it!” says Lawrence Rael, Executive Director of the Mid-Region Council of Governments. “This is a great service for young and old alike. With gas prices as high as they are, even just one day of riding free on the Rail Runner will be a nice break. Summer Rail Runner service will allow people to take the train any number of places in the corridor and enjoy everything from the Biopark to unique shopping to downtown events and more”!

The Summer Saturday schedule will make the Rail Runner available from 8:18 in the morning to well after dark, with the last train leaving downtown Albuquerque at nearly 10 o’clock at night.

“This is the perfect time of year for the Rail Runner to extend service,” says Rhonda Faught, NM Secretary of Transportation.  “People can literally ride up and down a 50-mile corridor for just $2 dollars! Best of all, they don’t have to pay high gas prices to enjoy themselves, and don’t have to worry about parking. “

 

Rail Runner Fans get FREE hand fans

Saturday, May 24^th

 Ride the Rail Runner for FREE this Saturday

Get a Free Rail Runner hand fan complete with 2008 Summer Schedule!

Link to summer schedule

Contacts: 

• Augusta Meyers, MRCOG Communications Mgr. 505-239-8612, ameyers@mrcog-nm.gov
• Jay Faught, Transit Marketing, 505-724-3652

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