Downtown (Capital MetroRail station)

Downtown-Convention Center Station

Station statistics

Address

401 East Fourth Street
Austin, TX 78701

Lines

Platforms

island

Other information

Opened

March 22, 2010^[1]

Accessible

Owned by

Fare zone

Downtown-Kramer

Services

Preceding station		Capital MetroRail		Following station
Plaza Saltillo toward Leander		Red Line		Terminus

Downtown (or Downtown-Convention Center) is a Capital MetroRail commuter rail station in Austin, Texas. It is located in Downtown Austin at the corner of Fourth and Neches Street behind the Austin Convention Center. It is the current southern terminus of the Red Line.

Construction began in August 2008 and concluded in November of that year ^[2].

References

^ Wear, Ben (March 23, 2010). "MetroRail launches with smooth start". Austin American-Statesman: p. A1.
^ "Downtown Station Almost Complete". Capital MetroBlog. Capital Metro. November 25, 2008. http://capmetroblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/downtown-station-almost-complete.html. Retrieved December 3, 2010.