Dallas Streetcar

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Dallas Streetcar
File:Dallas Streetcar logo.svg
Overview
Owner City of Dallas
Locale Dallas, Texas, USA
Transit type Streetcar
Number of lines 1
Number of stations 4
Operation
Began operation April 13, 2015
Operator(s) Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Character Street running
Number of vehicles 2 BEC Liberty cars
Train length 1 car
Headway 20–30 minutes
Technical
System length 1.6 mi (2.6 km)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification Overhead wires and battery power
System map
TRE and Texas Eagle
Red and Blue Lines
Planned extension
Union Station | Houston
Red and Blue Lines
Texas Eagle
I-35
Trinity River
Greenbriar
Oakenwald
Beckley
Canty & Zang (2016)
Bishop Arts District (2016)
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The Dallas Streetcar is a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) modern streetcar line in Dallas, Texas.[1] It is owned by the City of Dallas and operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit, which also operates Dallas's DART Light Rail system. Construction on the line began in May 2013,[2][3] and it opened for public service on April 13, 2015.[4][5][6]

The streetcar line operates between downtown Dallas and Oak Cliff by way of the Houston Street Viaduct.[7] While the streetcar line currently operates from Union Station to Methodist Dallas Medical Center, additional funding will enable extending the line south to the Bishop Arts District and east from Union Station to the Dallas Convention Center.[1][7][8]

Background

The Dallas Streetcar project is a collaborative endeavor among DART, the City of Dallas, and the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG).[4][7][9] The project received $23 million in initial funding via a federal TIGER grant awarded to DART in December 2010.[8] An additional $3 million in federal stimulus dollars was later granted to the project.[4] DART reallocated $22 million in local funds to the streetcar project which were originally scheduled for a proposed people-mover between Inwood Love/Field station and the Love Field airport terminal.[8] In January 2013, NCTCOG approved reallocating $31 million in state funds, which were also earmarked for the proposed Love Field people-mover, to the streetcar project.[8] The combined funding would allow for construction of both the first and second phases of the streetcar project.[8]

Service

Phase 1 (Union Station to Dallas Methodist Medical Center)

Phase 1 of the Dallas Streetcar line, running from Union Station to Methodist Dallas Medical Center, opened on April 13, 2015.[4] Service runs at 20-minute intervals on weekdays,[1][7] with no cost to ride.[1] In February 2016, streetcar operating hours will be expanded to 9:30am and midnight weeknights, and will offer weekend service.[10][11]

Construction on Phase 1 began in May 2013.[2][3] By September 2014, most track construction for Phase 1 had been completed.[12] The first of the two streetcars on order from Brookville was delivered on March 20, 2015.[13] At the time of the phase 1 opening on April 13, 2015, the second streetcar vehicle had yet to be delivered.[6] It was delivered on May 15, 2015.[14]

Phase 2 (Dallas Methodist Medical Center to Bishop Arts District)

Phase 2 of the Dallas Streetcar line will run south from the line's current southern terminus at Methodist Dallas Medical Center to the Bishop Arts District in Oak Cliff.[1][15] On April 28, 2015, the DART board of directors approved a construction contract for the Bishop Arts extension.[16] On June 17, 2015, the Dallas City Council agreed to fund Phase 2 construction using up to $27.5 million in available grant money.[17]

Construction on Phase 2 is expected to be complete in the end of 2016.[11]

Future expansion plans

Future plans for the streetcar line include extensions from Union Station to the Dallas Convention Center, and a connection to the McKinney Avenue Trolley.[1][15]

Rolling stock

In February 2013, an order was placed with Brookville Equipment Corporation for two low-floor streetcars to provide the service on the line. The Brookville "Liberty" model articulated cars[18] are 67 feet (20 m) long and have limited capability to operate away from overhead trolley lines by operating on battery power.[6][18] This battery-powered operation allows the streetcars to travel across the Houston Street viaduct, which does not have overhead lines installed.[15] The first car (No. 302) was delivered on March 20, 2015,[13] and at the time of the line's opening in mid-April it was still the only car in the fleet, the second car having not yet been received.[6] The second car, No. 301, was delivered on May 15, 2015.[14]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tramways & Urban Transit magazine, July 2013, p. 311.
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  12. ↑ Tramways & Urban Transit magazine, October 2014, p. 440.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Worldwide Review" (regular news section). Tramways & Urban Transit, July 2015, p. 288.
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  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Dallas signs Liberty deal". Tramways & Urban Transit, May 2013, p. 166.

External links

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