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[KevinKorell]

KXAN-TV, Channel 36 in Austin, TX, 10/17/16:
 

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CAMPO board votes to remove Lone Star Rail project

 
 
The future of the $2 billion Lone Star Rail Project was determined by a unanimous vote on Monday. In the 18-0 vote, the Capital Area Metro Planning Organization (CAMPO) voted to remove the proposed rail line from its 2040 plan.

This is not looking too good.  I am not sure what, if ever anything, might develop from this.   If commuter rail never operates in this corridor, is it ripe for an Amtrak type corridor like the Pacific Surfliners or Capitol Corridor?   30 trains per day is more than any other corridor, save for the Northeast Corridor.

Note that even with the published time line, initial revenue service would not have begun until 2022, with full service two years later in 2024.

[KevinKorell]

Maybe Amtrak to the rescue??    From San Marcos Corridor News, 1/17/17:

 

 

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Amtrak Studies Austin-San Antonio Corridor For Commuter Alternative

 

 

If you live anywhere along the innovation corridor you know how stressful it can be to be stuck in traffic on I-35.

 

It is especially disruptive to the lives of those that have to commute between these cities for work almost daily.

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[KevinKorell]

KXAN-TV, Channel 36 in Austin, TX,   10/11/23:
 

 

     Austin-to-San Antonio commuter train once again being discussed  

 

 

A long-held goal of some regional leaders, establishing regular commuter trains between Austin and San Antonio, may be getting back on track.

 

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[KevinKorell]

San Antonio, TX Current,  7/13/23:

 

 

 

     New advocates are calling for a San Antonio-Austin rail line, but we've been down this track before  

 

 

 

San Antonio and Austin, two of the fastest-growing U.S. cities, sit just 80 miles apart.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Here we go again, it's in the news once more.   From Texas Public Radio, 3/26/24:

 

 

   Can San Antonio-to-Austin commuter rail get back on track?   

 

 

San Antonio, Austin and parts in-between are some of the fastest growing communities, cities and counties in the nation. The San Antonio-Austin corridor saw its population increase over the last decade by over 30%, and it’s expected to be home to over 6 million people by 2030. Experts even predict it could surpass the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex in population by 2050.

 

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