DFW Airport Terminal A station

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Station platform with underpass to Terminal A on left
General information
Location2049 North Service Road
DFW Airport, Texas
Coordinates 32°54′25″N97°02′25″W / 32.906835°N 97.040309°W / 32.906835; -97.040309
Owned by Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
Operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedAugust 18, 2014 (2014-08-18) [1]
Passengers
FY231,278 (avg. weekday) [2] Increase2.svg 17.6%
Services
Preceding station Dallas Area Rapid Transit logo.svg Dallas Area Rapid Transit Following station
Terminus Orange Line Belt Line
toward Parker Road
Preceding station Trinity Metro Logo.svg Trinity Metro Following station
DFW Airport North
toward T&P Station
TEXRail Terminus
Future services
Preceding station Dallas Area Rapid Transit logo.svg Dallas Area Rapid Transit Following station
Terminus Silver Line DFW Airport North
toward Shiloh Road
Location
DFW Airport Terminal A station

DFW Airport Terminal A station (sometimes simply DFW Airport station) is a DART light rail station at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. The station is the western terminus of the Orange Line and serves the eponymous terminal.

Contents

Pedestrian walkways connect the station to the lower level of Terminal A and the DFW Airport Terminal B commuter rail station, which services TEXRail and a shuttle to the Trinity Railway Express station CentrePort/DFW Airport. The walkway between the Terminal A and Terminal B stations is also used as a FlixBus station.

Terminals C, D, and E can be accessed both landside (via DFW's Terminal Link shuttle) or airside (via the Skylink people mover) from Terminal A's upper level.

History

Construction of the 5-mile (8.0 km), $397 million Orange Line segment from Belt Line to the airport began in 2011. [3] [4] DART constructed the rail lines into the new station, while DFW Airport designed and constructed the station itself. [4] [5] The station opened on August 18, 2014. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Formby, Brandon (August 18, 2014). "DART trains now rolling into DFW Airport". The Dallas Morning News . A. H. Belo Corporation. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
  2. "DART Reference Book" (PDF). Dallas Area Rapid Transit . August 2024. p. 31. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
  3. Dickson, Gordon (February 19, 2011). "T's plans for rail connection to D/FW are stalled". Fort Worth Star-Telegram . The McClatchy Company. pp. B1 via NewsBank.
  4. 1 2 Dickson, Gordon (December 14, 2012). "Feds loan DART $120 mil to build Orange Line to DFW Airport". Fort Worth Star-Telegram . The McClatchy Company via NewsBank.
  5. "DART Orange Line DFW Airport Extension Assessment: Final IRVING-3 Environmental Assessment" [report]. DART Historical Archive, pp. 13. The Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas. Retrieved 2024-12-05.

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