Dallas Streetcar

Dallas Streetcar

A streetcar in the Oak Cliff area in 2016
Overview
Owner	City of Dallas
Locale	Dallas, Texas, USA
Transit type	Streetcar
Number of lines	1
Number of stations	6
Operation
Began operation	April 13, 2015
Operator(s)	Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Character	Street running
Number of vehicles	4 BEC Liberty cars
Train length	1 car
Headway	20 minutes
Technical
System length	2.45 mi (3.94 km)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead wires and battery power
Route diagram 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 Sixth Street Bishop Arts This diagram:

The Dallas Streetcar is a 2.45-mile (3.94 km) modern streetcar line in Dallas, Texas. 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, and it opened for public service on April 13, 2015.

The streetcar line operates between downtown Dallas and Oak Cliff by way of the Houston Street Viaduct. The streetcar line originally operated from Union Station to Methodist Dallas Medical Center, but an extension to the Bishop Arts District opened on August 29, 2016.

The Dallas Streetcar project is a collaborative endeavor among DART, the City of Dallas, and the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG). The project received $23 million in initial funding via a federal TIGER grant awarded to DART in December 2010. An additional $3 million in federal stimulus dollars was later granted to the project. 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. 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. The combined funding would allow for construction of both the first and second phases of the streetcar project.

Phase 1 of the Dallas Streetcar line, running from Union Station to Methodist Dallas Medical Center (the line's "Beckley" stop), opened on April 13, 2015. Service runs at 20-minute intervals on weekdays, with no cost to ride. In February 2016, streetcar operating hours will be expanded to between 9:30am and midnight weeknights, and will offer weekend service.

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