Capital MetroRail is a commuter rail system that serves the Greater Austin area in Texas, and which is owned by the Capital Metro, persantly Capital MetroRail has an average weekday ridership of approximately 2,800 passengers per day[1] and is the twenty-second most-ridden commuter rail system in the country out of twenty-eight operational commuter rail systems.

Currently Capital Metrorail system consists of Red Line, 32 miles of track that connects Leander and the Austin Convention Center in Downtown Austin. Capital Metrorail system line also passes through Cedar Park, northwest Austin, north-central Austin, and east Austin. The annual cost to operate the RedLine is $14.3 million.

Brief info of Capital MetroRail

Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Locale Austin, Texas, U.S.
Transit type Commuter rail
Number of lines 1
Number of stations 9
Daily ridership 2,900 (weekday, Q1 2014)
Annual ridership 817,300 (2013)
Website MetroRail
Operation
Began operation March 22, 2010
Operator(s) Herzog Transit Services
Number of vehicles 6 Diesel-electric Stadler GTWs
Technical
System length 32 mi (51 km)
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
(standard gauge)


Route diagram
Legend
Leander 0:00

183A Toll Road

Lakeline 0:15

SH 45 Toll

Howard 0:28

Loop 1

Kramer 0:35

US 183

Crestview 0:42

Highland 0:45

I-35

MLK, Jr. 0:52

Plaza Saltillo 0:58

I-35

Downtown 1:02

Gateway