From new design plans and major contract bidding to legal hurdles and progress toward billions in federal funding, these six updates track how Austin’s light rail project advanced throughout 2025.

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin Police said the driver of a car that hit a train Friday morning in east Austin following a chase between police has died. Officials believed the chase was with a suspected drunk ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After a nearly five-year absence, Austin’s most popular and missed train is planning for a return later this month to Zilker Park, with a new name. Previously named the “Zilker Zephyr, ...

CapMetro told local outlets the disruption will hit in the first few days of January, with the Red Line temporarily terminating at Plaza Saltillo and a bus bridge handling trips to and from downtown, ...

Dozens of transportation experts and area leaders are coming together to discuss passenger rail possibilities along the I-35 corridor — an attempt to move past the San Antonio-to-Austin rail effort ...

The effort to re-up and reopen the train has since faced a slew of issues and delays, but it officially started providing rides again on Wednesday, June 12. The mini-train initially opened in 1961 and ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A billionaire Englishman may be coming to Austin's rescue when it comes to fighting traffic. Richard Branson's company is an investor in Virgin Trains USA and it wants to bring a ...

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This has been a strangely eventful month or so in the history of Austin mobility, with the public finally realizing how much it hates the state's plans to rebuild I-35 (public comment closed Tuesday, ...

Living just a few minutes' drive down the street from Howard Station in North Austin, I'd say I'm a regular on Capital Metro's Red Line commuter rail service between Leander and downtown Austin. I'd ...

From new bridges and long-planned trail connections to construction impacts and regional ambitions, Austin’s trail network saw a series of notable milestones and changes taking shape across the city.