The North Central Texas Council of Governments and regional transportation authorities have developed a plan to add 251 miles of passenger rail in the Dallas-Fort Worth region over the next 20 years. Under this plan, commuter rail service will be extended to many communities in Tarrant, Dallas, Denton and Collin counties with connections to the existing transit systems in Dallas and Fort Worth.
As part of this effort, the Fort Worth Transportation Authority (also known as The T) is developing plans for a commuter rail line in the Southwest-to-Northeast Rail Corridor across Tarrant County. This proposed 37-mile route follows existing rail lines from Sycamore School Road in southwest Fort Worth, through downtown Fort Worth, northeast through Haltom City, North Richland Hills, Colleyville and Grapevine and into the north entrance of Dallas Fort Worth Airport.
Operating on existing tracks of the Fort Worth & Western, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Union Pacific railroads and the former Cotton Belt line now owned by DART, the route would provide direct access to all activity centers in the corridor, and would connect with other transportation services, including the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) commuter rail service, AMTRAK, and The T's downtown bus transfer center at the downtown Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center (ITC) and T&P Station.
Several locations have been identified for future rail stations along the Southwest-to-Northeast Rail Corridor, including two locations in North Richland Hills.
The Fort Worth Transportation Authority plans to have Southwest-to-Northeast commuter rail line running by 2013.
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