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Austin "realistic" Fantasy Rail System

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created 79 weeks ago
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Austin is the best city in Texas (it's a very low bar 😊), so I thought I would create a rail network fitting it. The current project connect light rail plans are a decent base for a system, but I think it should be a metro line, or run underground through Downtown, but this miserable country doesn't know how to build rail at a reasonable cost. 😊 Due to the current plans being light rail, I reluctantly decided to make the whole system light rail, as the current route would be the area best suited for heavy rail especially due to the linearity of Austin. With the Light Rail, I decided to just make a dense network through the dense parts of the city. I built out the project connect light rail, and I added all of the planned future extensions as the base of the system. I added the Purple line, which runs parallel to the orange line. It serves the domain and all of the density along Lamar Blvd. I created the yellow line to serve as a semi-metro light rail line, but it is underground for most of its length, starting at 5th Street. I interlined the blue line, which is one of the planned project connect lines that is set to be interlined with the orange line, with the yellow line because of the advantages that running underground would bring to it. After adding all of the lines, I decided there needed to be something to make transferring between them easy, especially with the blue/yellow, orange, and purple lines running parallel to each other for a decent length, so I added the pink line. It is literally just meant to add interconnectivity in the system with it providing easy connections between 7 lines. There is a little bit of it that goes west of Mopac, but I don't think that last station would be possible because it would need to take space away from a golf course, and it would run by single-family homes, and NIMBYs are pathetic excuses for humans that will burn in hell. 😊 With the commuter rail, I added the red line and the proposed green line with all of its future extensions. I decided to make them go into a tunnel downtown so they could stop at the train station that is served by Amtrak. I added 3 new commuter rail lines, including the mint and cyan lines that are interlined for a significant portion of their length, they serve Georgetown, Round Rock, and Taylor. The other new commuter rail line is the magenta line, which goes down to San Marcos.
Branch History
  1. MetroDreamin' by Train_Four
  2. Built from scratch

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Score
0
Ridership
140M
Cost
$ 14.6B
Stations
128
Lines
11
Modes
2
Length
351 km
Where do these numbers come from?
Austin "realistic" Fantasy Rail System by
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updated at 2026-03-31T05:33:12.333Z
Austin is the best city in Texas (it's a very low bar 😊), so I thought I would create a rail network fitting it. The current project connect light rail plans are a decent base for a system, but I think it should be a metro line, or run underground through Downtown, but this miserable country doesn't know how to build rail at a reasonable cost. 😊 Due to the current plans being light rail, I reluctantly decided to make the whole system light rail, as the current route would be the area best suited for heavy rail especially due to the linearity of Austin. With the Light Rail, I decided to just make a dense network through the dense parts of the city. I built out the project connect light rail, and I added all of the planned future extensions as the base of the system. I added the Purple line, which runs parallel to the orange line. It serves the domain and all of the density along Lamar Blvd. I created the yellow line to serve as a semi-metro light rail line, but it is underground for most of its length, starting at 5th Street. I interlined the blue line, which is one of the planned project connect lines that is set to be interlined with the orange line, with the yellow line because of the advantages that running underground would bring to it. After adding all of the lines, I decided there needed to be something to make transferring between them easy, especially with the blue/yellow, orange, and purple lines running parallel to each other for a decent length, so I added the pink line. It is literally just meant to add interconnectivity in the system with it providing easy connections between 7 lines. There is a little bit of it that goes west of Mopac, but I don't think that last station would be possible because it would need to take space away from a golf course, and it would run by single-family homes, and NIMBYs are pathetic excuses for humans that will burn in hell. 😊 With the commuter rail, I added the red line and the proposed green line with all of its future extensions. I decided to make them go into a tunnel downtown so they could stop at the train station that is served by Amtrak. I added 3 new commuter rail lines, including the mint and cyan lines that are interlined for a significant portion of their length, they serve Georgetown, Round Rock, and Taylor. The other new commuter rail line is the magenta line, which goes down to San Marcos.
Map type: local | Total track length: 218 miles | Center coordinate: 30.3043, -97.7279 | * Orange Line: (Light rail/interurban, 21 stations) West Braker Lane, North Lamar Boulevard, North Lamar Boulevard, Easy Wind Drive, Stark Street, Guadalupe Street, Guadalupe Street, Nueces Street, Guadalupe Street, Lavaca Street, West 9th Street, Colorado Street, East Cesar Chavez Street, East Riverside Drive, West James Street, East Oltorf Street, South Congress Avenue, South Congress Avenue, Red Bird Lane, West William Cannon Drive, West Slaughter Lane * Red Line: (Commuter/suburban rail, 11 stations) North US Highway 183, Rutledge Spur, Travis County, Austin, Easy Wind Drive, Denson Drive, Austin, Alexander Avenue, East 5th Street, East Cesar Chavez Street, Austin * Blue Line: (Light rail/interurban, 27 stations) Station Name, Station Name, Station Name, Wells Branch Parkway, Station Name, Station Name, Brushy Glen Drive, Station Name, East Rundberg Lane, Rutherford Lane, Station Name, Station Name, Philomena Street, Austin, Red River Street, East 23rd Street, East 15th Street, Trinity Street, East Cesar Chavez Street, East Riverside Drive, Travis Heights Boulevard, Loma Drive, South Pleasant Valley Road, Faro Drive, Kasper Street, Uphill Lane, Presidential Boulevard * Green Line: (Commuter/suburban rail, 11 stations) Austin, East Cesar Chavez Street, East 5th Street, Austin, Austin, Austin, Travis County, Austin, Manor, Travis County, Elgin * Yellow Line: (Light rail/interurban, 27 stations) Station Name, Westhaven Drive, Bee Caves Road, Dellana Lane, Stratford Drive, Josephine Street, West Riverside Drive, East Riverside Drive, East Cesar Chavez Street, Trinity Street, East 15th Street, East 23rd Street, Red River Street, Austin, Philomena Street, Station Name, Station Name, Rutherford Lane, East Rundberg Lane, Station Name, Brushy Glen Drive, Station Name, Station Name, Wells Branch Parkway, Station Name, Station Name, Station Name * Purple Line: (Light rail/interurban, 23 stations) West William Cannon Drive, Station Name, South Lamar Boulevard, Barton Skyway, South Lamar Boulevard, Evergreen Avenue, Josephine Street, Sandra Muraida Way, West 9th Street, West 15th Street, West 24th Street, West 30th Street, West 37th Street, West 45th Street, William Holland Avenue, Laird Drive, Pegram Avenue, Burnet Road, Colfax Avenue, Burnet Road, Burnet Road, Brockton Drive, Palm Way * Pink Line: (Light rail/interurban, 13 stations) West 45th Street, West 45th Street, Guadalupe Street, Wilshire Boulevard, East Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, Comal Street, East 15th Street, Guadalupe Street, West 15th Street, Enfield Road, Austin, Enfield Road, Rockmoor Avenue * Cyan Line: (Commuter/suburban rail, 10 stations) Austin, Austin, Austin, Austin, Austin, Austin, Round Rock, Williamson County, Hutto, Taylor * Magenta Line: (Commuter/suburban rail, 6 stations) Austin, Austin, Austin, Buda, Kyle, Jackman Street * Mint Line: (Commuter/suburban rail, 9 stations) Austin, Austin, Austin, Austin, Austin, Austin, Round Rock, Georgetown, Georgetown * Lime Line: (Light rail/interurban, 13 stations) Rialto Boulevard, Station Name, Station Name, Station Name, Robert Burns Drive, West William Cannon Drive, Austin, Station Name, West William Cannon Drive, Station Name, Station Name, Station Name, Station Name
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