Countries United States. States Texas. Counties expand list a-z count. Dallas County, TX. Collin County, TX. Tarrant County, TX. Denton County, TX. Grayson County, TX.
Rockwall County, TX. Bexar County, TX. Jackson County, MO. Jefferson County, OK. Lubbock County, TX. Nueces County, TX. Travis County, TX. Titles a-z count. Cotton Belt Line. Northwest Green Line. Southeast Green Line. Environmental Impact Statements and Environmental Assessments. Trinity Railway Express Line. South Dallas Line. North Central Red Line. Sherman Line. Time Capsule. White Rock Line. Dallas Right of Way. A one percent sales tax approved by residents of the 13 cities benefiting from DART services helps to fund the operation.
The area continues to suffer from massive traffic congestion issues and rising pollution, and it is hoped that the planned new lines will significantly reduce the number of car journeys taken. Dallas was a centre for electric railways in the early 20th century, when it was served by the extensive network of the Texas Electric Railway. Suburban areas were served by an additional network of city lines, run by the Dallas Railway and Terminal Company, but this declined in the late s, hastened by the introduction of the Interstate highway programme in However, by the mids, thanks to increased traffic congestion and growing fears of pollution, attempts to improve public transport were back on the agenda.
In the first DART line opened. A series of new lines and extensions are scheduled to open between and , one of the main projects being the 44km Two further extensions, stretching 16km south-east from MLK to Buckner and This marked the completion of whole 45km stretch of the Green Line.
The Lake Highlands station on the Blue Line was also inaugurated as part of the above expansion. The Orange Line was further extended in December by a length of 6. The line is planned to be extended further by 7. In December , a 7. The Blue Line was last extended in November By , this line is planned to be further extended south from Ledbetter to the University of North Texas.
The first phase was greatly scaled down from initial objectives, comprising just two light rail routes forming a 32km 20 mile starter railway. The first was This was followed in by a 9.
In September , a five kilometre 3. Subsequent work in added New funding released by the United States Federal Transportation Administration will allow the doubling of the network by , including a 44km The company has been involved in several high profile projects in the Dallas area, including the Addison Circle Park which is served by light rail. The Blue Line extension is providing services from Garland to Rowlett from , giving an additional 60, passenger trips each weekday, doubling the current ridership.
After visiting the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit BART system in , the executive director of the Dallas project recommended the purchase of cars, each with a 75ft 23m rigid body, 10ft 10in 3. However, realisation by DART staff that articulated cars, each 2ft narrower, could seat the same number of passengers resulted in this specification being adopted.
The initial tranche of 40 vehicles was completed by Japanese manufacturer Kinki Sharyo of Osaka in All vehicles are serviced and maintained at a three-storey purpose-built facility in the Fair Park district of Dallas, reached by a spur off the lines between Cedars and 8th and Corinth.
Thirty eight of the present fleet have been retro-fitted with a low-floor section and the 18 Super LRV on order from Kinki Sharyo also include such a section. The most complex section is the central business district CBD stretch.
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