{"id":262584,"date":"2026-04-23T11:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/262584\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T11:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:08:08","slug":"cargo-train-derails-in-downtown-austin-causing-road-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/262584\/","title":{"rendered":"Cargo train derails in downtown Austin, causing road closures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 A cargo train derailed in downtown Austin early Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>APD says that officers are at the scene of the derailment near Bowie and West Third Streets.<\/p>\n<p>Police say that the derailment was non-hazardous, and that no injuries have been reported. APD also says that Union Pacific and Amtrak have been contacted regarding the incident.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/austin-city-council-faces-deadline-to-meet-state-ice-demands-or-lose-25m-grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO | Austin City Council faces deadline to meet state ICE demands or lose $2.5M grants<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Drivers and residents are told to expect delays and closures as crews work the area. APD says officers are determining which roads will be closed.<\/p>\n<p>APD will provide a media briefing this morning on the incident.<\/p>\n<p>A CBS Austin crew is heading to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 A cargo train derailed in downtown Austin early Thursday morning. APD says that officers are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-262584","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-san-antonio","9":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","10":"tag-san-antonio-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}