The next big step is here!
TEXRail is breaking ground on our newest commuter rail extension into Fort Worth’s Near Southside and Medical District; connecting more people to the places, opportunities and experiences that make this part of Fort Worth thrive.
This extension is about more than reaching a new destination. Extending TEXRail into the area will give employees, patients, families, residents and visitors another transportation option while strengthening connections between this major employment center and the surrounding region.
The $270 million extension will continue south from Fort Worth T&P Station to the new Near Southside Station on land donated by Baylor Scott & White Health. The new connection will link the district to TEXRail destinations including downtown Fort Worth, North Richland Hills, Grapevine and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport’s Terminal B.
The extension brings together federal, regional and local funding. Sources include funding through:
- the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program;
- the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program;
- the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development program;
- the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act
- savings from the original TEXRail project
Additional support comes from the North Central Texas Council of Governments’ Regional Transportation Council and local funding.
