Nevada company hopes to revive New Mexico passenger train service

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

11 years ago

Club X Train as seen Thursday, April 24, 2014 on a track near Martin Luther King Boulevard and Bonanza Road. Santa Fe Southern says it will revive passenger train excursion for Las Vegas-based X Train Holdings. The Nevada company will service excursions between Santa Fe and the town of Lamy, New Mexico. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Canyon Road gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico (BHammond/Shutterstock.com)

SANTA FE, N.M. — A Nevada company says it plans to revive passenger train excursions between Santa Fe and the nearby northern New Mexico town of Lamy.

Santa Fe-based Santa Fe Southern says it’ll operate the service for Las Vegas-based X Train Holdings.

Santa Fe Southern operated excursion trains between the two communities for two decades before the service stopped last year. The company cited the recession and lack of revenue from the passenger business.

According to Santa Fe Southern, the deal with X Train will provide the necessary capital to make the track and equipment operational for the tourist train.

X Train Holdings planned to operate a “party train” between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, but the company said last year that deal fell apart over use of Union Pacific tracks.