{"id":416227,"date":"2026-08-25T12:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T12:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/416227\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T12:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T12:46:11","slug":"capmetro-suspending-rail-service-through-thursday-as-crews-work-on-new-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/416227\/","title":{"rendered":"CapMetro suspending rail service through Thursday as crews work on new station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 CapMetro is suspending Rail service Monday through Thursday due to construction of a new station in north Austin.<\/p>\n<p>The transportation service will offer alternative service while crews work on building the new North Burnet\/Uptown Station.<\/p>\n<p>The new station will be located north of the current Kramer Station. CapMetro anticipates it will be the second-busiest station on the rail line after its downtown station, according to the transportation provider&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/austin-community-college-enrollment-up-6-percent-for-2026-as-trade-programs-see-gains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO | Austin Community College enrollment up 6 percent for 2026 as trade programs see gains<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CapMetro&#8217;s alternative service will take riders downtown and to areas near stations.<\/p>\n<p>At Leander and Lakeline stations, riders can use Shuttle Route 454, Route 985 Leander\/Lakeline Direct and, at Leander, Pickup Leander. Shuttle Route 454 will also serve Howard Station. <\/p>\n<p>Riders near Kramer and McKalla stations can connect at Braker and Burnet or The Domain using Routes 3 and 803, along with Pickup Walnut Creek. <\/p>\n<p>Crestview riders can use Routes 1, 7 and 801, while Highland is served by Route 7. <\/p>\n<p>At MLK Station, alternatives include Route 465 and Route 18, and Plaza Saltillo riders can use Route 4 on Seventh Street.<\/p>\n<p>Those with questions can call CapMetro&#8217;s Customer Service GO Line at 512-474-1200.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 CapMetro is suspending Rail service Monday through Thursday due to construction of a new station&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-416227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416227","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=416227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}