DFW Airport Terminal A station (sometimes simply DFW Airport station) is a DART light rail station at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. The station is the western terminus of the Orange Line and serves the eponymous terminal.
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 Station platform with underpass to Terminal A on left | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 2049 North Service Road DFW Airport, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°54′25″N 97°02′25″W / 32.906835°N 97.040309°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Dallas Area Rapid Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | August 18, 2014[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY23 | 1,278 (avg. weekday)[2]  17.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Pedestrian walkways connect the station to the lower level of Terminal A and the DFW Airport Terminal B commuter rail station, which services TEXRail and a shuttle to the Trinity Railway Express station CentrePort/DFW Airport. The walkway between the Terminal A and Terminal B stations is also 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 A's upper level.
History
editConstruction of the 5-mile (8.0 km), $397 million Orange Line segment from Belt Line to the airport began in 2011.[3][4] DART constructed the rail lines into the new station, while DFW Airport designed and constructed the station itself.[4][5] The station opened on August 18, 2014.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Formby, Brandon (August 18, 2014). "DART trains now rolling into DFW Airport". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
- ^ "DART Reference Book" (PDF). Dallas Area Rapid Transit. August 2024. p. 31. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
- ^ Dickson, Gordon (February 19, 2011). "T's plans for rail connection to D/FW are stalled". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The McClatchy Company. pp. B1 – via NewsBank.
- ^ a b Dickson, Gordon (December 14, 2012). "Feds loan DART $120 mil to build Orange Line to DFW Airport". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The McClatchy Company – via NewsBank.
- ^ "DART Orange Line DFW Airport Extension Assessment: Final IRVING-3 Environmental Assessment" [report]. DART Historical Archive, pp. 13. The Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
External links
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