Zia Road (Rail Runner station)
Zia Road  | |||||||||||
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| Rail Runner Express commuter rail station | |||||||||||
 Zia Road Rail Runner station | |||||||||||
| Location |
602 West Zia Road Santa Fe, NM | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°38′47″N 105°57′25″W / 35.6464°N 105.9570°WCoordinates: 35°38′47″N 105°57′25″W / 35.6464°N 105.9570°W | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | Zone F | ||||||||||
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| Opened | to be determined | ||||||||||
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Zia Road is a station under construction on the New Mexico Rail Runner Express commuter rail line, located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. While the platform itself is completed, access to the station, parking areas, and future development have not been built due to land use issues with the adjacent land. The station is the first Rail Runner stop to be constructed on private land, and the opening date has yet to be determined. Officials had predicted that the station was scheduled to open in August 2011, following an agreement from the city's finance committee that the stop will open if the owners construct parking and transit facilities for the station[1] however as of July 2015, the station has not yet opened.[2] To protect against unwanted use and vandalism, the station platform has been fenced off, and signs denoting "STATION CLOSED" have been posted.
The station will be located at the intersection of Zia Road & St. Francis Drive, and is planned to be the center of a mixed-use, transit-oriented development.[3]
Each of the Rail Runner stations contains an icon to express each community's identity. The icon representing this station is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi.
NMDOT recently opened to the media that they are waiting for the traffic study to be complete before construction can begin on a parking lot, and whether the area will be created for mixed-use development.[4] However, Santa Fe City Council has indicated back in 2011 that although the land may be mixed use development, the station itself would be a Kiss-n-Ride station, meaning there will be no dedicated Rail Runner parking spots.[5] In February 2015, The Santa Fe Metropolitan Planning Organization completed tests of trains stopping at the station and the impact of the surrounding area. An opening date has still not been determined.[6][7]
References
- ↑ Santa Fe council committee agrees to opening of Zia Rail Runner stop
- ↑ http://riometro.org/rio-metro-schedules/train-schedule/45-ct-categories-en/ct-stations-connections-en/station-information/132-zia-road-station-information
- ↑ Zia Station - Santa Fe, NM
- ↑ Horwath, Justin (November 19, 2013). "Stationary Promise: Traffic study nearly complete for idle Rail Runner train station at Zia Road". Santa Fe Reporter. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
- ↑ Chacón, Daniel J. (February 23, 2014). "Study looks at traffic impacts of opening Zia Road station". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
- ↑ Luby, Ryan (4 February 2015). "Rail Runner's $1M 'ghost train' station remains unused, off map". KOB TV. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ↑ Last, T.S. (20 January 2015). "Santa Fe studying opening Rail Runner Zia Station". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
External links
- Stations, Zia Road Official Rail Runner site