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Trinity Metro's TEXRail December ridership spikes, receives $25m grant from USDOT for line extension in Fort Worth

January 12th, 2025
January 12, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Besides the good news that Trinity Metro's TEXRail had its highest ever December ridership of 103,312, the agency just received word from the U.S. Department of Transportation that it is the recipient of a...

Trinity Metro announces TEXRail fleet expansion with purchase of 4 new trainsets

December 10th, 2024
December 10, 2024 - TRA Newswire - Trinity Metro's successful TEXRail service from downtown Fort Worth to DFW International Airport is expanding with the purchase of additional consists. With over 3 million riders under its belt since its launch in December 2019,...

North Texas Regional Transportation Council awards $30M for new Trinity Railway Express and TEXRail trains

February 12th, 2024
February 12, 2024 - CommunityImpact.com - Dallas-Fort Worth’s Regional Transportation Council awarded $30 million in federal funds to obtain new vehicles for the Trinity Railway Express during a Feb. 8 meeting.The Council also awarded federal funds for Trinity Metro to purchase four new passenger rail vehicles...

Trinity Metro turns 40 with free train rides all of November

October 28th, 2023
October 28, 2023 - TRA Newswire -To celebrate its 40 years of serving the community, Trinity Metro is offering free rides for all passengers traveling in Tarrant County for the month of November. Free rides include the TEXRail line from...

Lanham named VP of Rail at Trinity Metro

September 29th, 2023
September 29, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Reed Lanham has been named Trinity Metro's Vice President of Rail. Not a new name to rail operations in North Texas, Lanham spent the last four years as Deputy VP of rail for TEXRail, which...

Trinity Metro post-covid ridership has recovered to 85%, TEXRail ridership shows 74% annual growth

April 25th, 2023
April 25, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Rich Andreski, President and CEO of Trinity Metro, is seeing regional passenger rail rebounding in a post-Covid world and is optimistic about future expansion, maybe even with a unified regional rail network. Speaking at the...

Federal transit officials get update on TEXRail progress, transit-oriented development, $5 a day park and fly

September 24th, 2022
September 24, 2022 - TRA Newswire -Regional rail service TEXRail, a subsidiary of Trinity Metro, the transit agency for Tarrant County in north central Texas, got a visit from the Federal Transit Administration this week.Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Deputy Administrator Veronica...

Last chance to comment on proposed TEXRail extension

November 20th, 2021
November 20, 2021 - TRA Newswire - You only have until the end of this month to comment on a 2.1 mile planned TEXRail extension from the T&P Station to the Fort Worth Medical District. Public comments on the Environmental Assessment...

TEXRail engineer makes history: first woman in drivers seat

November 18th, 2021
November 18, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Amy Anderson made it her goal as a conductor on Trinity Metro's TEXRail regional service to be the first female railroad engineer. This November, after 40 hours of classroom training and 180 hours in...

Trinity Metro and DART agree on shared-use at DFW Airport terminal B

April 16th, 2021
April 16, 2021 - TRA Newswire - This week the Board of Directors at Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) and Trinity Metro approved agreements for the shared use of the Terminal B rail station at DFW International Airport. This cooperative agreement...

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