Rail Runner under new management
Updated: Wednesday, 01 Jul 2009, 2:24 PM MDT
Published : Wednesday, 01 Jul 2009, 2:24 PM MDT
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The New Mexico Rail Runner Express commuter train is under a new manager and is being funded in a new tax district.
A gross receipts tax district in Sandoval, Bernalillo and Valencia counties went into effect Wednesday, the first day of the state's new fiscal year.
The tax district funds the rail service itself and new connections between train stations, neighborhoods and employers.
Meanwhile, management of the Rail Runner was handed over from the Mid-Region Council of Governments to a new group, Rio Metro, under the New Mexico Department of Transportation. Rio Metro will primarily focus on the Rail Runner.
Fares and schedules remain the same on the train service, which stops in Belen, Los Lunas, Isleta Pueblo, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, Sandoval County and Santa Fe.
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