South Capitol is a station on the New Mexico Rail Runner Express commuter rail line, located in Santa Fe, New Mexico at 1301 Alta Vista, between St. Francis Drive and Cerrillos Road, near the South Capitol Governmental Complex. It opened to service on December 17, 2008.
The station has free parking, with over 200 spaces. Santa Fe Trails routes 2 and 4 serve the stop, as well as New Mexico Park & Ride routes which connect the station to destinations in Santa Fe as well as the communities of Los Alamos, Espanola, and Las Vegas. A shuttle service to Taos also serves this station.
Each of the Rail Runner stations contains an icon to express each community's identity. The icon representing this station is the Zia sun symbol.
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