After years of planning and building, the Capital Area Rural Transportation System celebrated the completion and opening of its new bus station in downtown Elgin on Thursday with speeches and applause punctuated by the sound of the occasional passing train.The new CARTS station, located at the corner of Avenue C and Central Avenue, has been in the works since 2015 when CARTS and the City of Elgin received a grant from the Texas Department of Transportation for planning and design. Construction began on the station in October 2020.The station is part of a larger project in that section of downtown ...