As guests from Omaha, Nebraska, the Rail Runner was on the top of our list for things to do whilst…read morevisiting New Mexico. We had the opportunity to visit once again during the Balloon Fiesta and were staying in Albuquerque. A day trip to Santa Fe sounded like the perfect idea so we hopped online and purchased our tickets. The process was fairly simple and extremely inexpensive (our toddler was even free)! The stations that we visited were clean and well maintained. Staff were helpful and polite on the train. We found the interior of the train to be clean and comfortable. Our ride was beautiful. We had the opportunity to see great views of the mountains and some of agricultural land through New Mexico. If you are visiting Albuquerque or Santa Fe, I strongly encourage a trip on the Rail Runner. It's definitely a great economical option for travel!

What a great surprise this was! We road from san5a fe to Albuquerque shopped and loved ride…read more Perfect experience

The downtown station is nice and clean little challenging finding the platform as there is…read moreconstruction and the signage does not clearly give directions. Wish there was place to get coffee while waiting.

The downtown train station is a bit sketchy. I know they're going through some construction right…read morenow, but it was not well lit and there were a number of homeless people hanging around.

I have used the Alvarado Transportation Center on numerous trips to Albuquerque, by plane and…read moretrain. If coming in by air, there is a free shuttle from the airport to Alvarado Transportation Center, and if by train, walking half a block. On my most recent experience, yesterday, I arrived by train at 11:45 AM. My friend, who lives off Academy near San Mateo, would be home from work around 5, so my plan was to go pick up groceries for a festive dinner, then take the route 93 commuter to within 2 blocks of my friend's home. The Rapid Ride buses are fantastic! I went from ATC to Central and Louisiana, Ta Lin market, in under 20 minutes. Traveling along Central, I saw several Thai restaurants and made the decision to try one on the return trip. Returning toward downtown, I selected a route 66 bus as the Thai restaurants were between Rapid Ride stops but the 66 stopped across the street. After lunch, I proceeded back down to ATC. On arriving, I went and sat in the waiting area, as it was 2:30 PM and my express bus did not depart until 4:15. The security personnel in and around the facility are to be commended. Their presence is obvious, and if folks bring problems with them, the security personnel quickly deal with the problems. One lady had some sort of medical consideration; she fainted in front of the information desk. Very quickly, paramedics were called and the person on the floor was given protective space. I felt very comfortable with the whole experience. The suggestion I would offer is that the rapid ride buses I was on were never more than 1/4 full, but each route 66 bus I took was standing room only. Maybe switch out a couple of the articulated coaches for the standard on the route 66? Can't beat the price, either! $2 for a day pass?

While dining at the Frontier, a friend urged me to sign a petition against Area Rapid Transit. 69%…read moreof residents polled won't use ART(http://nmpoliticalreport.com/tag/albuquerque-rapid-transit/). I don't blame them. Many of my brushes with death or getting my ass kicked in ABQ have occurred on a bus or near a bus stop. Chicken buses in the Guatemalan Highlands are safer. (https://www.worldnomads.com/explore/central-america/guatemala/chicken-buses-and-guatemala-transport) A mouthwash drunk on the Route 66 Central bus once shoved a half-eaten piece of cold pepperoni pizza in my face. When I declined it, he offered it to three other passengers. A female voice from the back of the bus screamed, "You need to get off the bus right now because I'm about to put you in the hospital. We're already right in front of Presbyterian; they can come scrape you off the street!" Wasn't sure she was talking to me but the scene was stressful, so I pulled the cable to request the next stop. A voice yelled "Whore! He's a fucking faggot. Don't worry, he's not interested in you!" Saw the pizza guy's mugshot on the news a couple weeks later in regards to a fatal stabbing at a Central Avenue and Wyoming bus stop. Ladies on the bus can pretend to be on the Bachelorette; speed-dating dudes freshly released from BCDC. A guy sat next to me on an empty bus and told me about his dream to become a journalist and how he used to be a reporter with the navy. I said cool! good luck! and then he asked for my number. I told him that I'm married, and then he told me that he took an AIDS test earlier that day. He said his ex-girlfriend of seven years was cheating on him and then asked for my number again. We approached my stop and I learned it was also his. He said, "Well this is it." Luckily, it was raining. I felt less awkward running the other direction. Once, I saw a boy of about ten drinking Arizona Iced Tea sitting in the oscillating section of the Rapid Ride while his father sat on an adjacent horizontal row. The man's arm was in a sling and he was covered with various scars, fresh bruises and abrasions. His son became increasingly animated and started surfing the center lane.The bus stopped abruptly; the kid yelled "WHOAAAA." When he almost fell, everyone was staring. The father yelled"SIT DOWN!" "Goddammit dad, this fucking sucks" the kid said and changed the subject to Cliff's Amusement park. "Dad, will you take me there when you get paid or when you get some money?" The father stood up, clutched the pole with his good arm and when the bus made another sudden stop, he took a hard tumble into the center aisle. The boy screamed. "Help! Stop! My dad's hurt!" It's true, $57 million dollars in federal funds might be put to better use than A.R.T. People might be more inclined to use existing public transportation if taxes were used to help people with mental illness and drug problems get off the street (and the bus). During peak hours, there is a smattering of UNM students and commuters. Unaccompanied small children use the bus to get to school. Maybe applying fed gov't $$$ towards education might help people embrace public transport. Almost half of New Mexicans are functionally illiterate! ( See http://www.literacylinkleamos.org/docs/New%20Mexico%20Literacy%20Stats.pdf) After we house the homeless, and more people learn to read maybe they will reconsider their relationship with their cars and give public transportation a chance. They could learn that in New Mexico driving/riding in a car is people's most deadly daily activity. (See https://www.abqjournal.com/682511/new-mexico-drivers-secondworst-in-us.html) Maybe they'd even become interested in Jeff Speck's walkable city theory. (See https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/11/15/walkable-city-jeff-speck). If people enjoyed walking to bus stops where they weren't afraid of being stabbed, Albuquerque might be a richer city! (see https://www.fastcompany.com/3062989/50-reasons-why-everyone-should-want-more-walkable-streets and http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/20/walkable-cities_n_5507956.html) Wanna know more about city transit? Michael Jerome Wolff/Miguel Villalobos did an extensive cultural study of the experience on his blog https://albuquerquebusstops.com/. Shit's wild.

It's weird when there's still daylight and buses are done for the day. The last eastbound ART…read moredeparts at 7:14 on Sundays. ABQ Ride didn't invent homelessness, sprawl, societal decay and car fetishism. Fentanyl addiction is bad, but gasoline addiction causes plenty of trouble. It's free, which is nice, except for the increase in folks who live on the bus. I know the rest of the country can't be like NYC, where Q train riders can laugh at car militants, but it has to be better than this. On the plus side, dedicated lanes speed things up and the schedule timers are mostly accurate, with decent reliability on iPhone maps.

I wish I could give zero stars. I'm convinced ABQRide is the worst public transportation system in…read morethe country. The buses are always late. The buses are always dirty. The drivers are not professional. I am thankful and appreciate that the service is free. However, what you have to put up with to ride is ridiculous. I'm writing this while currently waiting for a bus that was supposed to be here 10+ minutes ago, but now disappeared from the queue for some reason. Very unreliable

Date of travel: September 8, 2025…read more Disappointing Experience at the Albuquerque Train Station As a tourist traveling from a long distance, I expected the station to feel more welcoming. Unfortunately, it did not. The security guard appeared to be controlling access to the lobby in a way that made it feel closed off and uninviting. A train station should be a public space where travelers--especially out-of-town visitors--can wait comfortably for their bus, train, or car service. Albuquerque has the potential to be a more tourist-friendly city, but experiences like this can leave a bad impression. I hope changes are made to ensure the station is more open and welcoming in the future.

Yikes. Grateful I didn't have to spend much time here...?! It shares a lot with greyhound and the…read morelocal metro buses in case you're transferring.

The Albuquerque Museum is an absolute gem and, in my opinion, a must see when visiting! My husband…read moreand I visit frequently from Denver, CO as a weekend getaway and I can't recall a single trip where this stop hasn't been on our list. The Museum is well situated in Old Town and an easy bop over from the shops. In fact, if you visit on a Sunday morning, the museum is free of charge and shares a parking lot with Old Town. You can have your parking validated by the museum and spend some time at both. The permanent exhibits at the museum are expertly organized and there's almost certainly something for everyone. You could easily spend the day learning about local New Mexico artists in many different formats, or enjoy the rotating exhibits. Even if a rotating exhibit doesn't sound particularly interesting, I highly encourage you to check it out. The curator at this museum does an absolutely fantastic job of keeping things engaging. There's a particularly profound permanent piece that I highly encourage one to find, which is a video accompanied by a teeter-totter. And don't miss the sculpture garden outside! The gift shop is worth a stop, too. Many of the museum gift shops that I've stopped in over the years are filled with, well, junk--items largely irrelevant to the visit. The Albuquerque Museum, though, showcases local artisans, local food, and so much more. I almost always leave with something from their Los Poblanos case and a new coffee table book about the southwest. Can't recommend this gem enough!

This place is great to escape to when it's so hot outside just wish you were able to have a glass…read moreof wine and enjoy the art . The staff is very knowledgeable and helpful . There's so much to do and see you'll have to come back over the course of a few days to see it all .

This is such a BEAUTIFUL place! My daughter got married here and it was just perfect! The rooms are…read morevery nice! The pool is a plus :) A very nice motel.

This motel has too much for me. It is more than I can handle…read more Too much testing of my patience while I hunt for a parking place before I check-in. Too much math when I ask the front desk how many parking places are reserved for guests. The answer is 6 parking places. How many rooms does the motel have? 22 rooms. Too much exercise when I have to walk to the front desk to ask why the wi-fi instructions on my check-in instructions aren't working. The answer is... there's another wi-fi network, which we don't tell our guests about until they complain about the listed solution not working. Too much exercise when I have to carry my luggage from the car to the room over multiple trips because there are no luggage carts. There's not even a lowered curb for roller bags. Hoist away. Too much apologizing by employees and not enough solutions. "I'm sorry." What are you going to do to fix it? Confused look. Can you think of a way to fix having the wrong wi-fi instructions for all guests. Confused look. What if you modified the instructions to be accurate? "I can ask them to fix it, but I don't know if they will." Too much exposure. I'm all for increasing visibility, but it is ridiculous to have all motel suite rooms with glass doors and inadequate privacy coverings. Even with the privacy shade fully extended anyone can walk up to a suite and look directly inside the room. Maybe the front desk would say they can only see through a few inches worth. To which I would ask, what hotel have you ever stayed at, which allows anyone on property to look inside a guest's room without permission and see more than 0 inches worth of the inside? (See attached picture Too much style. No substance. I'm too old. I remember when things were good. We don't have to stay at places that don't value their customers. Want to help increase internet bandwidth for other guests? Don't stay here. Want to increase parking for other guests? Don't stay here. Want to decrease voyeurism? Don't stay here.

I have been a customer of Albuquerque Metro Taxi for a few years…read more I wouldn't call anyone else! Daniel and Rose are always on time! They are professional and super nice The cab is always clean and comfortable

Albuquerque can be a tough place to get an Uber, so I was thrilled to find ABQ Taxi. I scheduled a…read moredriver for my early morning flight and he was on time (even a bit early), friendly and professional. Will definitely use them next time I'm in town.