Category: News Release

NOTE: Public comments are due by 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29. Details and a video of the public meeting are available online.

Next week, the Planning Department will host a public meeting about Service Standards. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, and will be in the Community Room at Fort Worth Central Station.

Service Standards are criteria designed to ensure fair and equitable public transportation throughout our service area.

Topics for the meeting include service availability, bus stop location criteria, amenities such as shelters and benches, frequency, span of service, vehicle capacity and on-time performance measures. Planning will also discuss the process for service changes and how Service Standards help the agency to comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Trinity Metro is inviting contractors to attend a Contractors Symposium to discuss upcoming solicitations for Project Management Consultant Services for the TEXRail Extension Project, General Planning Consultant Services for current and future capital projects as well as General Construction Contractor Services for current and future facility improvement projects.

Date:  Wednesday Aug. 24, 2022

Time:  11 a.m.-1 p.m. 

Register for the meeting through this Eventbrite link, or you may contact Aya Ealy at aya.ealy@ridetm.org for more information.

 

The Bell route, which connects at the Trinity Railway Express Bell Station, will discontinue service at the end of the day on Aug. 31.

Bell Textron subsidized the route for their employees to travel between the train station and work. The agreement between Trinity Metro and Bell Textron was not renewed at Bell’s request.

(FORT WORTH, TX – Aug. 1, 2022) – Riding TEXRail for your next family vacation or business trip is now even easier. Beginning Aug. 15, TEXRail is offering long-term paid parking at five of its stations. The cost will be $5 per night. On average, each of the stations will have 20 designated spots for long-term parking and those spots will be marked with painted numbers and corresponding signage.

Parking locations

• Fort Worth T&P Station
• North Side Station
• Mercantile Center Station
• North Richland Hills/Iron Horse Station
• North Richland Hills/Smithfield Station

Customers will be able to make reservations and make payments on the ACE Parking app for Apple or GooglePlay.

About Trinity Metro

Trinity Metro is a regional transportation system that provides public transportation to meet the mobility needs in Tarrant County. The agency offers connections throughout the North Central Texas region, providing passenger trips on buses, TEXRail, ACCESS paratransit, ZIPZONEs, Fort Worth Bike Sharing, vanpools and Trinity Railway Express (TRE), a 34-mile commuter rail line jointly owned and operated with Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART). Trinity Metro is the sole owner and operator of TEXRail, a 27-mile commuter rail line that runs between downtown Fort Worth and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport’s Terminal B.

 

Sunday, June 19, marks the second time in history that Juneteenth will be celebrated as a national holiday. Thanks to the tireless efforts of Fort Worth’s Opal Lee, Juneteenth became a federal holiday on June 17, 2021. At age 89, she received the gift she’d wanted for decades.

During her years of activism and yearning see it recognized as a federal holiday, she would walk from Fort Worth to Washington, D.C. This year, at age 90, she will continue her tradition of walking 2.5 miles to represent the 2.5 years it took the news of freedom to travel.

Ways to participate

Join the 2022 Opal’s Walk for Freedom, which begins at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Attend Breakfast with Dr. Opal Lee, which is held prior to the walk and begins at 8 a.m. Saturday at Evans Plaza.

Visit the I AM JUNETEENTH Festival, which runs 2-10 p.m. Saturday at Panther Island Pavilion.

Celebrate culture at Juneteenth at the Kimbell Art Museum, which features a special exhibit on The Language of Beauty in African Art. Admission is free 12-5 p.m. Sunday.

Explore various Juneteenth events across the DFW Metroplex.

The history of Juneteenth

Juneteenth is an annual commemoration of African-American freedom that is celebrated with community gatherings, parades, festivals and other special events. The date of June 19 marks the date in 1865 when word reached Texas that slavery had ended. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863, but the information didn’t make it to enslaved African Americans until 1865.

Texas was the first state to recognize Juneteenth as a holiday.

(FORT WORTH, TX – June 2, 2022) – Trinity Metro has launched a new live webcam to give everyone a new perspective on train activities in downtown Fort Worth. To see what’s happening any time of day, tune in to our train cam page.

A view from the top: What you’re seeing

Watch the activity of three passenger train lines and numerous freight trains in real time, as Trinity Metro shares live webcam video of Fort Worth Central Station with a view from the president and CEO’s office window. The perspective is from the top floor of Trinity Metro’s headquarters at Grove and 7th streets. The camera operates around the clock to provide a bird’s-eye view of Trinity Metro trains, plus Amtrak and freight.

Passenger tracks are numbered 1-3 from RIGHT to LEFT.

Track 1

You’ll see all Trinity Metro TEXRail trains and some Trinity Railway Express (TRE) trains here. TEXRail, a commuter rail line between Fort Worth Central Station and DFW Airport Terminal B Station, is owned and operated by Trinity Metro. You can immediately identify these trains not only by the track, but also by their bright red doors. If you zoom in on the train platform to the right of track 1, you may catch a glimpse of the conductors in traditional uniforms.

Over the course of the day, you’ll see 33 eastbound and 33 westbound trains. For the majority of operating hours, TEXRail runs every 30 minutes – on the hour and half hour. Service is the same every day of the year, so if you miss seeing one, you won’t have to wait long to spot another!

Track 2

This track is for TRE commuter rail, which links Fort Worth Central Station and Union Station in downtown Dallas. TRE, which features double-decker cars, is jointly owned and operated by Trinity Metro and Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART). Like the Texas flag, the cars are red, white and blue – with a huge white star on the sides. 

TRE operates different schedules on weekdays vs. Saturday, and it does not run on Sunday. On weekdays, you can spot 31 eastbound trains and 31 westbound.

Track 3

Amtrak boards at Fort Worth Central Station. The Texas Eagle (Amtrak 21/421 and 22/422) and the Heartland Flyer (Amtrak 821 and 822) are on Track 3. The track that rises from Track 3 is where the Heartland Flyer leaves for Oklahoma City after a very short backup move.

Freight train tracks

There are numerous freight trains throughout the day and night on the remaining tracks to the left of your screen. These freight trains moving away from the camera are heading west toward Tower 55. You will see Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) and Union Pacific (UP) on these tracks, traveling to or from Tower 55.

More rail fun facts

You may observe both TEXRail and TRE trains continuing from Central Station to a terminus at the original Texas and Pacific Railroad station (now the Fort Worth T&P Station), less than one track-mile west. 

Tower 55, one of nation’s busiest rail intersections that connects freight and passenger trains, is off to the right of this picture, but it is out of sight.

Fort Worth’s Hole-in-the-Wall is also nearby, but not in the picture. This was a choke point for several railroads and utilities, and it was a major challenge to TEXRail during the construction phase.