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TexasTowelie

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Tue Feb 14, 2017, 08:15 AM Feb 2017

Commuter rail from Fort Worth to DFW Airport on track for late 2018

TEX Rail commuter train service is scheduled to begin boarding passengers in late 2018 in downtown Fort Worth.

And when that service begins, DFW International Airport officials say they'll be ready with a station of their own at the other end of the 27-mile-long line.

DFW Airport board members have agreed to hire contractor Archer Western of Irving to build a station at Terminal B at an estimated cost of $28.4 million. A contract with Archer Western, which along with rail operating company Herzog is overseeing the TEX Rail project, was approved during a board meeting earlier this month.

The airport also has a light-rail station that opened in 2014 for Dallas Area Rapid Transit on the ground level of Terminal A. The DART station and the TEX Rail station will be connected by a walkway, making it possible for riders to easily transfer between the transit systems.

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/dfw-airport/2017/02/13/commuter-rail-fort-worth-dfw-airport-track-late-2018

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