Texas: Dallas Area Rapid Tranist approves Cotton Belt commuter line

By Keith Barrow, Senior Editor, International Railway Journal; September 27, 2018

The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) board unanimously approved construction of an east-west commuter rail line linking communities to the north of the city, albeit with fewer stations than previously planned.

The 26-mile line from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and Shiloh Road in Plano will connect northern areas of Tarrant, Dallas, and Collin counties along Interstate-635, one of the most congested highway corridors in Texas.

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