Editorial in the Santa Fe New Mexican,
7/10/11: Train’s expensive, but worth saving was about the Rail Runner from
Santa Fe to Albuquerque and Belen. The
paper supported the railroad, which is losing money, and noted that “mass
transit is not expected to be a money-maker.”
It also noted that weekend service is about to be cancelled.
All true, but the Rail Runner has never
connected with the Albuquerque airport, a major oversight. It also stops running at a ridiculous hour,
with the last train back to Santa Fe leaving downtown Albuquerque at 6:34 PM,
arriving in Santa Fe a little after 8 pm.
This means that it is impossible to go to Albuquerque, have dinner,
attend a play and get back to Santa Fe.
This seems to be extremely short-sighted
planning. It resulted in a printed
letter to the New Mexican in which I suggested that later trains be scheduled
and trains on weekends be continued. No
response, except about a week later it was announced that, for the time being,
weekend travel would be continued.
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