DFW Airport Terminal B station is a commuter rail station at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. The station serves as the eastern terminus of Trinity Metro's TEXRail service, which connects the airport to Grapevine, North Richland Hills, and Fort Worth. The station will also serve as the western terminus of Dallas Area Rapid Transit's Silver Line, which will connect the airport to northern Dallas and surrounding suburbs when it is completed.
 DFW Airport Terminal B | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Station from the north pedestrian crosswalk | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | South Service Road DFW Airport, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°54′25″N 97°02′28″W / 32.906909°N 97.041193°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Trinity Metro | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | January 10, 2019[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Pedestrian walkways connect the station to the lower level of Terminal B and the DFW Airport Terminal A light rail station, which serves the Orange Line. TRE Link, a shuttle bus to the Trinity Railway Express line, can be accessed from Terminal B. Additionally, the walkway between the Terminal A and Terminal B stations is used as a FlixBus station.
Terminals C, D, and E can be accessed both landside (via DFW's Terminal Link shuttle) or airside (via the Skylink people mover) from Terminal B's upper level.
History
editOriginal plans for the Cotton Belt Rail Corridor, which eventually became TEXRail and the Silver Line, did not call for a direct connection to the airport. Instead, both services would terminate at DFW Airport North, a small park-and-ride closer to the rail corridor, which would then require a transfer to the Orange Line (or, in one proposal, an extension of the airport's Skylink people mover) for terminal access.[2][3] However, the Orange Line extension required by this design was rendered infeasible due to expansions of SH 114 and SH 121,[4] so the rail corridor was instead extended south to a new station at Terminal B.
The station was designed and constructed by the airport at an estimated $28.4 million cost. Construction required the demolition of a guideway used by the airport's now-defunct Airtrans system.[5] Both TEXRail and the Terminal B station entered revenue service on January 10, 2019.[1]
When the corridor into the airport was constructed, it was built with two tracks: one for use by TEXRail, and one for use by the Silver Line.[5] Silver Line service is expected to begin in by 2026.
Gallery
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TEXRail Stadler FLIRT waiting on the platform -
Pedestrian entrance to Terminal B, with Skylink overpass in background -
Tracks entering station from the north, with an aircraft overpass visible in background
References
edit- ^ a b Wanek-Libman, Mischa (January 15, 2019). "TEXRail opens for passenger service". Mass Transit. Endeavor Business Media. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ Formby, Brandon (March 8, 2009). "D/FW rail link studied: DART connection would shift to north". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 1B – via NewsBank.
- ^ Formby, Brandon (June 24, 2009). "DART board approves plans for Orange Line: Officials also OK loop further tying D/FW Airport, rail systems". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 6B – via NewsBank.
- ^ U.S. Department of Transportation; Federal Transit Administration; Dallas Area Rapid Transit; Federal Aviation Administration (November 9, 2018). "Cotton Belt Corridor Regional Rail Project: Final Environmental Impact Statement/Record of Decision" (PDF). p. 2-32.
- ^ a b Dickson, Gordon (February 13, 2017). "TEX Rail commuter station approved at DFW Airport, to open in 2018". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The McClatchy Company. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
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