LOS LUNAS (RAIL RUNNER STATION)

'Los Lunas' is a station on the New Mexico Rail Runner Express commuter rail line in Los Lunas, New Mexico. It is located in the center of the town of Los Lunas on NM Highway 314 and Courthouse Road. Service began on December 11, 2006. 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]

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History

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 30 April 2007. The mayor of the town even admitted that more parking was needed although the extension had recently been built;^[3] the next phase of expansion involves building 120 new spaces. On 10 May 2007, Yvette Williams, a commuter from Los Lunas, became the Rail Runner's 400,000th passenger.^[4] Just two months after that ridership milestone, on 5 July 2007, the 500,000th rider milestone was achieved by Shawna Anderson, another commuter from Las Lunas.^[5]

References

1. Los Lunas station ''Rail Runner official site'' Retrieved 2007-08-20
2. Los Lunas station parking lot expanded ''Rail Runner official site'' Retrieved 2007-08-20
3. Record passenger numbers ''Rail Runner official site'' Retrieved 2007-08-20
4. 400,000th passenger winner ''Rail Runner official site'' Retrieved 2007-08-20
5. Rail Runner celebrates half-a-millionth rider ''Rail Runner official site'' Retrieved 2007-08-20