Alvarado Transportation Center
The Alvarado Transportation Center is a multimodal transit hub located at 100 1st Street SW in downtown
Albuquerque,
New Mexico. It was built as a replacement for the old Albuquerque train station, which had burned in 1993. The first phase of the project was completed in 2002 and serves most of the city's east-west
ABQRide bus routes as well as the
Rapid Ride BRT route. It also includes offices for the Albuquerque Transit Department. Phase II, completed in 2006, added facilities for
Amtrak,
Greyhound Lines, and the new
Rail Runner commuter rail line.
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The
Alvarado Transportation Center is a multimodal transit hub located at 100 1st Street SW in downtown
Albuquerque,
New Mexico. It was built as a replacement for the old Albuquerque train station, which had burned in 1993. The first phase of the project was completed in 2002 and serves most of the city's east-west
ABQRide bus routes as well as the
Rapid Ride BRT route. It also includes offices for the Albuquerque Transit Department. Phase II, completed in 2006, added facilities for
Amtrak,
Greyhound Lines, and the new
Rail Runner commuter rail line. The Rail Runner stop went into service on July 14, 2006 as one of the first three stations on the line, along with Los Ranchos/Journal Center and Sandoval County/US 550.
The complex stands on the site of the old train station and the Alvarado Hotel, a railroad hotel that dated back to the 1900s and was demolished in 1970. The
Mission Revival-style ATC was designed to be reminiscent of the old buildings, with many architectural elements borrowed from the Alvarado.
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