Dallas to Fort Worth by Rail - Trinity Railway Express, TEXRail, and DART

[@himbourbanist]

Consistently surprised and impressed with just how far DART, TexRail, and TRE have come in so short a time. And with the Silver line under construction, Dallas and the surrounding metro are going to be a serviced with a remarkably robust rail system

[@dfwrailvideos]

Very nice map! Thank you for this great video of DART, TRE and TEXRail. Dallas is my home city and I'm proud of our transit network and the steps we have taken to make the city more people friendly. In the years since your visit: DART has upgraded almost all SLRVs with LED destination signs, they're building a new commuter line for the north suburbs and new LRVs are arriving in 2026. TRE has bought two F40PHs, and is building a new station at the new Trinity Lakes transit-oriented development site.

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

Good job on this video. Interesting fact Trinity Railway Express now owns 2 F40PH locomotives and Tower 55 is now gone last year in November 2022 the tower was sadly demolished.

[@BobbyHarveyVideoProductions]

Thanks for the comment! It is pretty amazing how much has changed in the almost 3 years since I filmed the footage for this video. I think its neat TRE has F40s now, and I'm glad I got some pictures (albeit very brief) of Tower 55 before they demolished it. There was talk it would come down in 2020, I'm surprised it lasted this much longer!

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

Me too even though the tower is now gone, it will still be referred to on the timetable as Tower 55

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

1:03:15 sadly the Las Colinas APT shut down in 2021 hopefully whatever issues are working out will resolve and this unique people mover system will return to service again

[@centraliowarailproductions2810]

Nice video!

[@BobbyHarveyVideoProductions]

Thank you!

[@centraliowarailproductions2810]

Your welcome @@BobbyHarveyVideoProductions!

[@joeythecat7482]

I've actually had a theory, I think the TRE leased the F40 as a trial, considering the fact 2 of them are in the TRE's roster now

[@DFWTP]

This Video Was From Like 2019

[@BobbyHarveyVideoProductions]

Very close! I filmed this footage in March 2020; quite a bit has changed since I filmed this which I talk about throughout parts of the video.

[@SEKDK]

When are you going to upload 2022 old threshers reunion in mount pleasant Iowa?

[@BobbyHarveyVideoProductions]

This will be my next project I'll be working on!

[@Dakota3988-s7v]

Did you by any chance get any footage from the Midwest Haunted Rails this year?

[@BobbyHarveyVideoProductions]

I didn't record any video of the Haunted Rails in 2022. 2019 was my first year getting it filmed and I plan on filming it every 2-3 years or so since I put a lot of focus on the Old Threshers Reunion. So I may record some at this years event!

[@bobo1972-h7o]

I never understood why DART only made one entrance per car level with the platforms. In Los Angeles all Metro trains have all entrances level with the platforms and you never have to climb up three steps. DART needs to catch up because Trinity Express trains in Fort Worth are so much nicer and so are the train stations.

[@BobbyHarveyVideoProductions]

The reasoning behind the one platform-level car access was actually a change in the LRV design over the years. Originally DART's LRVs were just two cars (an A and B car), and all doors featured steps to get on. Each station featured a wheelchair-accessible ramp on one end so these passengers could enter the front of the train at floor level when stopped. If I remember correctly, this method lengthened the station stop and required assistance from the train operator. As a result, DART looked for ways to provide platform-level access to its trains, and experimented with adding another car (C car) to the middle of one if its original LRVs. This allowed wheelchair access directly from the platform to speed up station stops, and increased overall capacity on a single LRV as well. DART ended up having all of its LRVs upgraded with the low floor C cars, creating what is now known as the "Super Light Rail Vehicle" (SLRV). This prevented DART from having to replace its original fleet and only required minor modifications to station platforms to level them up with the C cars. Recently DART announced plans to replace its trains with newer ones - it'll be interesting if the new trains will be the same design idea of the SLRV or will be all platform-level boarding.

[@bobo1972-h7o]

Yep, I remember when wheelchair people had to go all the way to the end of the train and up a ramp to enter the train. They remodeled all the stations and replace the old trains with the new trains with wheelchair access at ground level or slightly higher than ground level since they built humps for the handicapped accessible cars the center on. I lived in Dallas from 1995 until 2017. Hope to go back someday. I lived on DART since I mostly never had a car and DART was my only transportation. I heard the $5.00 day pass increased to $6.00 since I left in 2017.@@BobbyHarveyVideoProductions