11 Facts About Capital MetroRail

Capital MetroRail is a hybrid rail system that serves the Greater Austin area in Texas, and which is owned by Capital Metro.

Capital MetroRail Metro added additional runs during midday beginning in mid-January 2011.

The next year, Capital MetroRail Metro partnered with the City of Austin to purchase the 162-mile Giddings-to-Llano Austin and Northwestern Railroad on which the Red Line currently operates from the Southern Pacific Transportation Company with the express purpose of someday operating passenger rail on it.

Capital MetroRail Metro came back in 2004 with a significantly scaled-down version of its 2000 plan that it hoped voters in Travis County and Williamson County would find more palatable.

Capital MetroRail was presented to voters as part of the All Systems Go Long-Range Transit Plan, which included expanded local and express bus service.

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Additionally, the original 2008 launch date for Capital MetroRail was postponed two years due to multiple safety and construction issues.

In 2017, Capital Metro received 4 new GTW trainsets from Stadler for the MetroRail Red Line.

Bike racks, luggage racks, high back racks, and low floor entry for easy access are all features of what Capital MetroRail Metro calls the safest and most technologically advanced trains in North America.

Capital MetroRail Metro is currently researching upgrading access to 4G speeds, but is dependent on the cell carrier offering a commercial grade product that will work in Capital MetroRail Metro's devices.

Capital MetroRail Metro has plans to build a new rail line along the abandoned "MoKan" railway line, which is owned by TXDot, to Georgetown, Round Rock, and Pflugerville.

In September 2008, Capital MetroRail Metro evaluated the need for rail service to alleviate pressure from congestion downtown to Colony Park, with a potential extension to Elgin.