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{{Infobox rail |
  railroad_name=Austin Area Terminal Railroad|
  marks=AUAR
| gauge={{Track gauge|ussg|allk=on}}|
  locale=[[Texas]]|
  hq_city=[[Round Rock]]|
  start_year=2000| end_year=2007|
}}
The '''Austin Area Terminal Railroad''' {{reporting mark|AUAR}} was a [[short-line railroad|short-line]] [[terminal railroad]] headquartered in [[Round Rock]], [[Texas]].

==Overview==
AUAR operated a {{convert|154.8|mi|km}} line from [[Llano, Texas]], to an interchange with [[Union Pacific]] at [[Giddings, Texas]], with a {{convert|6.4|mi|km}} branch from [[Fairland, Texas|Fairland]] to [[Marble Falls, Texas|Marble Falls]].  The line, which was originally a [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific]] branch that had been operated by [[Longhorn Railway]] until AUAR assumed control, is owned by [[Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority]], with whom AUAR had a contract to operate the railroad from April 2000<ref name=Trains-July2000-Harbour /> to September 2007.  AUAR traffic included aggregates, crushed [[limestone]], [[calcium bicarbonate]], [[lumber]], [[beer]], chemicals, plastics, and [[paper]].  

The contract was transferred to [[Watco]] as of October 1, 2007 and the name of the railroad was subsequently changed to the [[Austin Western Railroad]].

In addition, the [[Austin Steam Train Association]] operated an excursion train between [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Cedar Park, Texas|Cedar Park]], and [[Burnet, Texas|Burnet]].

== References ==
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<ref name=Trains-July2000-Harbour>{{cite journal| last=Harbour| first=Mike| date=July 2000| title=New operator, and an Alco, on tap in Austin| journal=[[Trains (magazine)|Trains]]| publisher=Kalmbach Publishing| location=Waukesha, WI| volume=60| issue=7| page=22| issn=0041-0934}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061008134141/http://www.austinmonorail.org/capital_metro_carrying_the_freig.htm Capital Metro carrying the freight]
*[http://www.austinsteamtrain.org/ Austin Steam Train Association] 
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[[Category:Defunct Texas railroads]]
[[Category:Switching and terminal railroads]]
[[Category:Railway companies established in 2000]]
[[Category:Railway companies disestablished in 2007]]
[[Category:2000 establishments in Texas]]
[[Category:2007 disestablishments in Texas]]