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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Look at How They Turn Around this Tram! The McKinney Avenue Trolley in Dallas, Texas - Length: 8:06 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Onboard and Around the Dallas Streetcar - Length: 40:18 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - LightRail in Downtown Dallas, Texas 2018 - Length: 10:28 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport DFW Skylink Outer Loop Ride (Counter Clockwise) 5/3/19 - Length: 19:20 mins. |
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MAPS
DALLAS
INSET: CENTRAL DALLAS
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ROUTES
HERITAGE STREETCAR ROUTE
Operator: McKinney Avenue Transit Association (MATA)
| M | M Line | Pearl / Arts District - Olive St. [back: St. Paul St.] - McKinney Av. - Cityplace |
STREETCAR ROUTE
Operator: Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)
| DS | Dallas Streetcar | Union Station - Houston Viaduct - Bishop Arts |
LIGHT RAIL ROUTES
Operator: Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)
| B | Blue Line | Downtown Rowlett - Garland - LBJ / Skillman - Mockingbird - Cityplace - Pearl / Arts District - Union Station - 8th and Corinth - Illinois - UNT Dallas |
| G | Green Line | Buckner - Lawnview - Fair Park - Baylor University Medical Center - Cityplace - Pearl / Arts District - Victory - Burbank - Bachman - Farmers Branch - Downtown Carrolton - North Carrollton / Frankford |
| O | Orange Line | [Rush hours: Parker Road - City Line / Bush - ] LBJ / Central - Mockingbird - Cityplace - Pearl / Arts District - Victory - Burbank - Bachman - U of Dallas - Las Colinas - DFW Airport Terminal A |
| R | Red Line | Parker Road - City Line / Bush - LBJ / Central - Mockingbird - Cityplace - Pearl / Arts District - Union Station - 8th and Corinth - Westmoreland |
| S | Silver Line | DFW Airport Terminal B - Downtown Carrolton - Addison - UT Dallas - City Line / Bush - Shiloh Road [Diesel operated] |
AUTOMATED PEOPLE MOVER (APM) SYSTEM
Operator: Bombardier Transportation
| DFW | DFW Skylink | DFW Airport Terminal A - Terminal E [Circular route, both directions]) |
The route indicators M, DS, B, G, O, R, S and DFW are for convenience only, and are not used by the operators.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Heritage streetcar line: 7.4 km.
- Dallas Streetcar: 4 km.
- Light Rail: 192 km.
- Automated People Mover (APM) - DFW Skylink: 7.7 km.
HISTORY
- Mule-drawn streetcars: 7 Feb. 1873 - ?.
- Steam dummies (Steam-operated streetcars): 1880 - 1890.
- Electric streetcars (1st generation): 1889 - 15 Jan. 1956.
- Electric streetcars (2nd generation): 13 Apr. 2015 - today.
- Heritage streetcars: 22 July 1989 - today.
- Interurbans: 1902 - 31 Dec. 1948.
- LRT (Electric): 14 June 1996 - today.
- LRT (Diesel): 25 Oct. 2025 - today.
- Automated People Mover (APM) - DFW Skylink: 21 May 2005 - today.
GAUGE
- 1435 mm. (all systems except APM)
SOURCES
- Lietwiler, C. "Dallas: Light rail is preparing for expansion", Light Rail & Modern Tramway, March 1997 (60: 711), p.93-96.
- Lyons, M. "Tracks of transformation: 25 years of DART rail", Tramways & Urban Transit, Aug. 2021 (84: 1004), p.321-339.
- Simons, V. "Dallas streetcar: A US first", Tramways & Urban Transit, Sept. 2015 (78: 933), p.361-362.
- Simons, V. "Dallas: The US urban rail pathfinder", Tramways & Urban Transit, Nov. 2017 (80: 959), p.412-416.
- Simons, V. "DART hits the target", Tramways & Urban Transit, Feb. 2011 (74: 878), p.50-53.
- Simons, V. "DART takes flight", Tramways & Urban Transit, Dec. 2014 (77: 924), p.498-503.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Dallas: Passenger boom fuels major expansion", Tramways & Urban Transit, Feb. 2007 (70: 830), p.55-59.
- Zapalac, G. "The PCC era in Dallas", in Southern Traction, 10 Dec. 1967.
WIKIS
- Dallas Streetcar
- DART light rail
- DFW Skylink
- McKinney Avenue Transit Authority
- Texas Electric Railway
- Texas Interurban Railway
WEB SITES
Also, many thanks to Mr Russell Powers of Lone Tree, CO, USA, for kindly sending me copious amounts of information and documents concerning the history of the Dallas streetcar and interurban systems.
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