Light Rail from Dallas to DFW Coming in August
July 10,2014
Reposted from the Star-Telegram
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BY GORDON DICKSON
gdickson@star-telegram.com
DFW AIRPORT — Gliding across a row of brand-new concrete ties, the Dallas Area Rapid Transit light-rail line zipped into Dallas/Fort Worth Airport at nearly 65 mph.
The train ride Wednesday morning was just a test run for the newest feature of DART’s elaborate light-rail system. But when DART’s Orange Line to DFW Airport, as the service is known, opens to the public Aug. 18, it will usher in a new era for the world’s fourth busiest airport — and the Metroplex at large.
In just a few weeks, it will be possible for visitors to fly into DFW, collect their bags and board a train for Dallas.
“We join the ranks of Atlanta as well as Chicago as the third airport that has rail service from the airport to its city center,” said Jim Crites, DFW Airport executive vice president for operations.
“We join the ranks of 17 global superhubs where international customers have direct rail service down to the city center.”
Eventually, travelers from downtown Fort Worth also could be able to take the train directly into the airport. The Fort Worth Transportation Authority, also known as the T, hopes to open its TEX Rail commuter line by 2018 — and that service will arrive at the airport at a station planned near Terminal B.
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