Los Lunas station

Los Lunas is a station on the New Mexico Rail Runner Express commuter rail line, located in Los Lunas, New Mexico, at the intersection of Highway 314 and Courthouse Road. The station began service on December 11, 2006 as the fourth station on the line. Los Lunas Public Transportation has shuttles serving the station. Each of the Rail Runner stations contains an icon to express each community's identity. The icon representing this station is the old Los Lunas train station.[1]

Los Lunas
Rail Runner Express commuter rail station
The Los Lunas Transportation Center, as viewed from the Rail Runner Express
Location101 Courthouse Road
Los Lunas, NM 87031
Coordinates34°47′58″N 106°44′14″W
Line(s)
  Rail Runner Express
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Parking190 spaces
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zoneZone A
History
OpenedDecember 11, 2006
Services
Preceding station New Mexico Rail Runner Express Following station
Belen
Terminus
 Rail Runner Express Isleta Pueblo
toward Santa Fe Depot

The station has free parking, with 190 spaces, with congestion at the parking lot requiring that an extension be built less than a year after the station originally opened.[2] This extension was opened on April 30, 2007.[2] The mayor of the town admitted that more parking was needed although the extension had recently been built;[3] the next phase of expansion involves building 120 new spaces.[2]

  • The icon for Los Lunas station
  • The platform

References
  1. Los Lunas station Rail Runner official site Retrieved 2007-08-20
  2. Los Lunas station parking lot expanded Archived 2007-08-21 at the Wayback Machine Rail Runner official site Retrieved 2007-08-20
  3. Record passenger numbers Archived 2007-08-21 at the Wayback Machine Rail Runner official site Retrieved 2007-08-20
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