Posted Apr 1, 2019, 2:45 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
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https://news4sanantonio.com/news/loc..._DBvbozzTY_Ng0
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San Antonio Zoo announces light rail train connecting San Antonio and Austin
by San Antonio Zoo Monday, April 1st 2019
SAN ANTONIO — The Eagle Train ride in Brackenridge Park has delighted riders and moved visitors throughout Brackenridge Park since 1956. The train at Brackenridge Park was famously (or infamously) robbed on July 18, 1970 after nearly 50 years with no train robberies prior in the country. The robbery became known as the Great (Little) Train Robbery and was the last known train robbery in the state. Even this didn’t slow down the ride and now San Antonio Zoo has big and bold plans to expand this light rail to Austin.
San Antonio Zoo operates three trains at Brackenridge Park which gives the zoo the opportunity to increase ridership and minimize wait times to get on a train to Austin. While two of the trains were built in the 1980’s and need replacing, the zoo is hopeful that through donations and increased ridership with a new route to Austin that acquiring new trains is feasible.
The trains travel at a comfortable five miles per hour which makes this new light rail ride to Austin a pleasant 17-hour trip. The planned route would begin in Brackenridge Park and end at the steps of the Texas State Capitol before returning to San Antonio.
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