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Jun 25, 09, 7:29 am
Current public transit options to DFW are pretty dreadful, so this news is welcome.
The Dallas Area Rapid Transit board unanimously approved a plan Tuesday night for how North Texans probably will use two future passenger rail lines to reach the region's largest economic engine, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
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The board's decision solidified plans for the Orange Line, which will connect downtown Dallas to the airport by 2013.
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Tuesday's vote also included plans to later add a smaller loop that will connect the Orange Line, the planned Cotton Belt and the airport.
The Orange Line-Cotton Belt connector is also expected to further tie those lines into a planned North Texas rail network that would connect several cities in Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton and Rockwall counties.
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The Fort Worth Transportation Authority is expected to begin running trains on the Cotton Belt tracks from southwest Fort Worth to the airport by 2013. DART plans to operate on the same line from the airport to East Plano.
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DART spokesman Morgan Lyons said the final Orange Line station would be at the airport's Terminal A but an exact location hasn't yet been worked out. He also said the exact locations of two possible Orange Line-Cotton Belt transfer stations have yet to be finalized.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/DN-orangeline_24met.ART.State.Edition1.4b16587.html
The Dallas Area Rapid Transit board unanimously approved a plan Tuesday night for how North Texans probably will use two future passenger rail lines to reach the region's largest economic engine, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
...
The board's decision solidified plans for the Orange Line, which will connect downtown Dallas to the airport by 2013.
...
Tuesday's vote also included plans to later add a smaller loop that will connect the Orange Line, the planned Cotton Belt and the airport.
The Orange Line-Cotton Belt connector is also expected to further tie those lines into a planned North Texas rail network that would connect several cities in Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton and Rockwall counties.
...
The Fort Worth Transportation Authority is expected to begin running trains on the Cotton Belt tracks from southwest Fort Worth to the airport by 2013. DART plans to operate on the same line from the airport to East Plano.
...
DART spokesman Morgan Lyons said the final Orange Line station would be at the airport's Terminal A but an exact location hasn't yet been worked out. He also said the exact locations of two possible Orange Line-Cotton Belt transfer stations have yet to be finalized.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/DN-orangeline_24met.ART.State.Edition1.4b16587.html