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Dallas, transit agency to establish streetcar roles
July 12th, 2019
July 11, 2019 - ProgressiveRailroading.com -
The Dallas Area Rapid Transit's (DART) board announced yesterday it will advance an agreement with the city of Dallas to consolidate existing contracts and establish responsibilities for maintaining and operating the Dallas Streetcar.
Under the agreement, the...
DART names the "Silver Line" and lands $60M from FTA for Red & Blue platform extensions
June 30th, 2019
June 30, 2019 - TRA Newswire -
June has been a busy month at Dallas Area Rapid Transit. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced last week that DART will receive $60.76 million for platform capacity expansion on the Red and Blue...
Stadler to supply eight FLIRT trains to DART Cotton Belt Project
June 4th, 2019
June 4, 2019 - MassTransitMag.com -
Stadler will assemble and build eight FLIRT diesel multiple unit trains (DMUs) and design an Equipment Maintenance Facility (EMF) as part of Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Cotton Belt Regional Rail Project. DART awarded the...
TEXRail in Grapevine provides a path to transit across the region
May 18th, 2019
May 15, 2019 - CommunityImpact.com -
About 200,000 have taken advantage of TEXRail in its first four months of operation between Grapevine and Fort Worth. In July, the passenger rail line will start picking up passengers every half-hour instead of every...
DART chief urges Congress to pass infrastructure bill, citing coming work on Cotton Belt and D2 lines
March 25th, 2019
March 19, 2019 - Dallas Morning News -
Dallas Area Rapid Transit president Gary Thomas on Monday urged Congress to deliver a far-reaching infrastructure bill, joining other public transit leaders in stressing the importance of funding billions of dollars in improvements.
Speaking...
Sneak preview? DART's new Cotton Belt train could be named SILVERLINE
March 5th, 2019
UPDATED March 5, 2019 - TRA Newswire -
TRA has learned it appears that SILVERLINE could be the designation for the new Cotton Belt regional rail line that Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) will construct between DFW Airport and Collin...
DART board of directors approve addition of second track along Cotton Belt
February 15th, 2019
February 12, 2019 - communityimpact.com -
The Cotton Belt passenger rail line will feature a two-way double track that will not only improve efficiency but also add more than $100 million to the project’s price tag.
The Dallas Area Rapid Transit board...
Grapevine mayor: City stands to benefit from Plano DART extension
January 13th, 2019
January 10, 2019 - CommunityImpact.com -
Prior to the debut of TEXRail on Jan. 10, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced a $908 million loan was awarded to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit System to connect the DART to the Dallas-Fort...
Cotton Belt commuter line construction contract awarded
January 6th, 2019
January 4, 2019 - RailwayGazette.com -
Dallas Area Rapid Transit has awarded a joint venture of Archer Western and Herzog Contracting a $783m contract to build the 42 km Cotton Belt commuter rail line, with assistance from lead designer Jacobs Engineering....
DART to close on RRIF loan agreement for Cotton Belt project
December 18th, 2018
December 18, 2018 - ProgressiveRailroading.com -
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) this week expects to close on an agreement for a $908 million loan with the Federal Railroad Administration's Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) program.
The loan will be used to fund the...