Fort Worth, Texas: TEXRail abruptly calls off plans to run the trains Saturday, citing federal shutdown

By Gordon Dickson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; January 4, 2019

FORT WORTH – Less than 12 hours before the TEXRail commuter train service was scheduled to open to the public, officials have decided to postpone the opening indefinitely, blaming the federal shutdown.

Officials from Trinity Metro, the local transit agency that built the 27-mile line from downtown Fort Worth to DFW Airport, had said repeatedly this week — and as recently as late Friday morning — that the line would at least partially open Saturday no matter what.

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