Crestview (Capital MetroRail station)

Crestview

Crestview Station Platform
Location 6920 North Lamar Boulevard
Austin, TX
Owned by Capital Metro
Line(s)
  Red Line
Platforms 1 side platform
Connections Capital Metro routes 1L, 1M, 101, 300, 320, 350
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone Downtown-Kramer
History
Opened March 22, 2010[1]
Services
Preceding station   Capital MetroRail   Following station
toward Leander
Red Line
toward Downtown

Crestview is a Capital MetroRail commuter rail station as well as a Capital MetroRapid premium bus station in Austin, Texas. It is located at the edge of the Crestview neighborhood of North Austin, at the corner of Airport and North Lamar Boulevards. The North Lamar Transit Center is located one mile north of the station, while the Highland Mall Transit Center (across from the Highland Station) is located one mile south. There is no onsite parking at the Crestview station. Riders need to park at the North Lamar Transit center and take buses 1 or 801 down to the train.

Location

Crestview station sits on the former site of a Huntsman Petroleum Research and Development center which operated there from 1949 until 2005.[2] Trammel Crow Co. and Stratus Properties Inc. bought the site in 2005 and led a large clean-up effort.[3] During the clean-up, known carcinogen benzene was found in a small amount in the southwestern part of the property.[3] However, the benzene was found to be in saturated soil and posed no threat to people.[3]

Pedestrian connectivity

A local civic group, Sustainable Neighborhoods of North Central Austin, in 2009 identified the Crestview-Highland segment of CapMetro's Rails with Trails project as its "Project of the Year".[4] The trail, intended to run beside the commuter track, would provide pedestrian and bicycle access to the station from surrounding neighborhoods. One of the largest transit oriented developments in Austin is centered on the Crestview Station.[5]

Bus connections

References

  1. ↑ Wear, Ben (March 23, 2010). "MetroRail launches with smooth start". Austin American-Statesman. p. A1.
  2. ↑ Huntsman shuttering Austin site, Austin Business Journal website, 2004-10-08. Accessed 2010-09-20.
  3. 1 2 3 Benzene Questions at Crestview Station, Austin Chronicle website, 2007-05-04. Accessed 2014-03-20
  4. ↑ "Austin Chronicle article on Rails with Trails, August 2009". Retrieved Oct 25, 2010.
  5. ↑ http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/print-edition/2014/06/20/mixed-usenorth-lamar-project-set-near-crestview.html

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Coordinates: 30°20′18″N 97°43′9″W / 30.33833°N 97.71917°W / 30.33833; -97.71917

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