Austin Light Rail Breaks Ground on Its First Line
Guadalupe Street at Republic Square, downtown Austin, TX 78701, United StatesAustin Transit Partnership
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEATP chief executive Greg Canally says in the agency's own announcement that "we are on track to begin construction in 2027", a year with no day attached.[1]
Austin Transit Partnership starts building a 9.8-mile line with 15 stations, running three ways out of downtown and crossing Lady Bird Lake on a new bridge. The board picked the Stacy Witbeck-Sundt joint venture Austin Rail Constructors in February 2026; the first trains are due in 2033 and the cost is put above $8.2 billion.
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