Blue Line (CapMetro)


The Blue Line is a planned light rail line for connecting Austin–Bergstrom International Airport with downtown Austin, Texas. It is still in the planning stages as a part of CapMetro's Project Connect. It is estimated to begin revenue service as early as 2029.
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History

Austin's 2013 East Riverside Corridor Plan called for high-capacity transit to be installed along East Riverside Drive. This became part of the original Blue Line, which failed to find support in 2014 and was shelved. The Gold Line was formed from a segment of this original proposal, and is expected to be built as a separate bus rapid transit line.
In 2018, CapMetro announced a new long-range planning project entitled Project Connect that outlines several major transit corridors consisting of commuter rail, light rail, and bus rapid transit. The Blue Line corridor will include a transit pathway for a light rail or bus rapid transit line running on the west side of Downtown Austin to Austin–Bergstrom International Airport in southeast Austin. The line was included as part of the Project Connect referendum during the 2020 election.

Proposed route

A new bridge over Lady Bird Lake is planned to carry the line into the Downtown Transit Tunnel.
Stations are listed south to north, from Austin–Bergstrom International Airport to the North Lamar Transit Center:
StationParkingRail connectionsBus connectionsNearby points of interest
AirportYesCapMetro Bus 20Austin–Bergstrom International Airport
MetrocenterNoCapMetro Bus 271Austin Airport Hotels
MontopolisNoCapMetro Bus 20Montopolis Park, Tokyo Electron
FaroNoCapMetro Bus 20, 310Austin Public Library, Riverside Golf Course
RiversideYesCapMetro Bus 20, 300, 483Park Greene Shopping Center
LakeshoreYesCapMetro Bus 7, 20, 483Oracle Corporation
Travis HeightsNoCapMetro Bus 7, 20, 483, 935, 987Austin Housing Authority, Norwood Park
WaterfrontNoCapMetro Bus 7, 20, 483South Congress, Texas Department of Transportation, Austin American-Statesman, Lady Bird Lake
Rainey/MACCNoCapMetro Bus 17Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center
Convention Center/Brush SquareNoCapMetro Bus 451
CapMetro Rapid Gold Line		Austin Convention Center, Downtown Austin, Rainey Street
Congress AvenueNo-
Republic SquareNoCapMetro Rapid 801, 803, Gold Line
CapMetro Bus 105, 111, 171, 980, 981, 985		Republic Square, Sixth Street, Texas State Board of Nursing, United States Federal Court
Government Center / Capitol WestNoCapMetro Rapid 801, 803
CapMetro Bus 1, 3, 19, 20, 105, 985		Wooldridge Square Park, Austin Public Library, Travis County Civil Courthouse. Texas State Capitol, Travis County Adult Probation, Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services
UT/West MallNoCapMetro Rapid 801, 803
CapMetro Bus 1, 3, 19, 20, 105, 640, 982, 990		University of Texas at Austin, Peter T. Flawn Academic Center, Goldsmith Hall, Sutton Hall, Battle Hall, Parlin Hall, Rainey Hall, Harry Ransom Center, West Campus
Hemphill ParkNoCapMetro Bus 1, 3, 19, 642University of Texas at Austin, Phi Gamma Delta, Scottish Rite Dormitory
Hyde ParkNoCapMetro Rapid 801, 803
CapMetro Bus 1, 3, 19, 335		Hyde Park, Austin State Hospital, Central Market, Heart Hospital of Austin
TriangleYesCapMetro Rapid 801
CapMetro Bus 1, 345, 656, 990		Hyde Park, The Triangle, Texas Facilities Commission, UT Intramural Fields, UT Microfarm, The Triangle Park
KoenigNoCapMetro Rapid 801
CapMetro Bus 1, 337		Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Highway Patrol, McCallum High School
CrestviewNoCapMetro Rapid 801
CapMetro Bus 1, 7, 300, 324, 350		Crestview station, Midtown Commons, Texas DPS Credit Union, Black Star Co-op
North Lamar Transit CenterYesCapMetro Rapid 801
CapMetro Bus 1, 323, 350, 383		Anderson Square Shopping Center