Train Fares

Fare Update: Train passes resumed full fare rates on April 3, 2023. The exception is the Monthly Pass, which is discounted at 50% off through December 31, 2023. Fare chart below reflects cost after discount. Click here for FAQs. 

The New Mexico Rail Runner Express operates on a zone-based fare structure.

The amount passengers pay for a ticket is determined by the distance traveled. There are six zones along the 100-mile corridor between Santa Fe and the City of Belen. See the chart below for details.

Full Fare

Full fare rates below. Monthly Pass rates reflect 50% off discount.
Save $1 off of a Day Pass and $10 off of a Monthly or Annual Pass when you purchase your tickets online or on our app.

Reduced Fare

Reduced fare rates below. Monthly Pass rates reflect 50% off discount.
Save $1 off of a Day Pass and $10 off of a Monthly or Annual Pass when you purchase your tickets online or on our app.

How to Calculate Your Fares

Count the number of zones through which you will travel.

Examples

• Traveling from Los Lunas to U.S. 550 / Sandoval County is three zones
• Traveling from Los Ranchos / Journal Center to Downtown Albuquerque is one zone

Accepted Forms of Payment

Tickets can be purchased on the train, online or on the mobile app.

• Cash
• Debit Cards
• All Major Credit Cards (except American Express)

Refund Policy

New Mexico Rail Runner Express Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. Tickets are not refundable if lost, damaged, stolen or destroyed. Tickets are also not refundable if the passenger purchased a ticket and didn’t use it, purchased the wrong date or wrong station or if a ticket is purchased at a discounted rate without qualification. Tickets purchased using the mobile app will not be refunded if accidentally activated.

Reduced Fares

Reduced fares are available to:

• Senior citizens age 60 and over
• Students with a valid student I.D. or proof of enrollment
• Youth ages 10 to 17
• Medicare card holders
• People with disabilities that show 
  • A NM Motor Vehicle Department notification 
  • Letter from the doctor indicating the disability (with expiration date) 
  • An ABQ RIDE Honored Citizen Card
  • A Santa Fe Ride Card or Santa Fe Trails Half Fare Card

Fare Free

The following ride free: 

• Children 9 and under
• Seniors 60+ free on Wednesdays
• Active Duty Military and Veterans that show
  • VHIC or VA medical card
  • Veteran’s ID (VIC card)
  • Driver’s License with a veteran’s designation
  • Department of Defense Active Duty & Dependent Military IDs
  • NMRX Freedom Pass
• Show your valid one-way, day, monthly, or annual printed or mobile Rail Runner pass to ride Rio Metro general public Dial-a-Ride buses and fixed/commuter route buses (not valid on Rio Rancho Dial-a-Ride buses)