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DFW Airport Terminal B
Station from the north pedestrian crosswalk
General information
Location	South Service Road DFW Airport, Texas
Coordinates	32°54′25″N 97°02′28″W / 32.906909°N 97.041193°W / 32.906909; -97.041193
Owned by	Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
Operated by	Trinity Metro
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Trinity Metro: 31 (TRE Link) DFW Terminal Link: Terminals C, D, and E FlixBus
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	January 10, 2019 (2019-01-10)
Services
Preceding station Trinity Metro Following station DFW Airport Northtoward T&P Station TEXRail Terminus Preceding station Dallas Area Rapid Transit Following station Terminus Orange Linetransfer at DFW Airport Terminal A Belt Linetoward Parker Road
Future services
Preceding station Dallas Area Rapid Transit Following station Terminus Silver Line DFW Airport Northtoward Shiloh Road
Location

DFW Airport Terminal B station is a commuter rail station at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. The station serves as the eastern terminus of Trinity Metro's TEXRail service, which connects the airport to Grapevine, North Richland Hills, and Fort Worth. The station will also serve as the western terminus of Dallas Area Rapid Transit's Silver Line, which will connect the airport to northern Dallas and surrounding suburbs when it is completed.

Pedestrian walkways connect the station to the lower level of Terminal B and the DFW Airport Terminal A light rail station, which serves the Orange Line. TRE Link, a shuttle bus to the Trinity Railway Express line, can be accessed from Terminal B. Additionally, the walkway between the Terminal A and Terminal B stations is used as a FlixBus station.

Terminals C, D, and E can be accessed both landside (via DFW's Terminal Link shuttle) or airside (via the Skylink people mover) from Terminal B's upper level.

History

Original plans for the Cotton Belt Rail Corridor, which eventually became TEXRail and the Silver Line, did not call for a direct connection to the airport. Instead, both services would terminate at DFW Airport North, a small park-and-ride closer to the rail corridor, which would then require a transfer to the Orange Line (or, in one proposal, an extension of the airport's Skylink people mover) for terminal access. However, the Orange Line extension required by this design was rendered infeasible due to expansions of SH 114 and SH 121, so the rail corridor was instead extended south to a new station at Terminal B.

The station was designed and constructed by the airport at an estimated $28.4 million cost. Construction required the demolition of a guideway used by the airport's now-defunct Airtrans system. Both TEXRail and the Terminal B station entered revenue service on January 10, 2019.

When the corridor into the airport was constructed, it was built with two tracks: one for use by TEXRail, and one for use by the Silver Line. Silver Line service is expected to begin in by 2026.

Gallery

• TEXRail Stadler FLIRT waiting on the platform
• Pedestrian entrance to Terminal B, with Skylink overpass in background
• Tracks entering station from the north, with an aircraft overpass visible in background

References

1. ^ Wanek-Libman, Mischa (January 15, 2019). "TEXRail opens for passenger service". Mass Transit. Endeavor Business Media. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
2. Formby, Brandon (March 8, 2009). "D/FW rail link studied: DART connection would shift to north". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 1B – via NewsBank.
3. Formby, Brandon (June 24, 2009). "DART board approves plans for Orange Line: Officials also OK loop further tying D/FW Airport, rail systems". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 6B – via NewsBank.
4. U.S. Department of Transportation; Federal Transit Administration; Dallas Area Rapid Transit; Federal Aviation Administration (November 9, 2018). "Cotton Belt Corridor Regional Rail Project: Final Environmental Impact Statement/Record of Decision" (PDF). p. 2-32.
5. ^ Dickson, Gordon (February 13, 2017). "TEX Rail commuter station approved at DFW Airport, to open in 2018". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The McClatchy Company. Retrieved August 2, 2018.

External links

• Trinity Metro - DFW Airport Terminal B Station

v t e Silver Line
Stations	Shiloh Road 12th Street          CityLine/Bush          UTD/Synergy Park Knoll Trail Addison Downtown Carrollton      Cypress Waters DFW Airport North DFW Airport Terminal B
Dallas Area Rapid Transit Stadler FLIRT Italics denote new stations

v t e Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)
Services	Light rail      Red Line      Blue Line      Green Line      Orange Line Dallas Streetcar Proposed D2 Subway Commuter rail      Trinity Railway Express Under construction      Silver Line
Transit centers	Addison Bernal/Singleton CBD East CBD West Cockrell Hill Glenn Heights J. B. Jackson Jr. Jack Hatchell Lake Ray Hubbard Malcolm X Boulevard North Irving Northwest Plano Red Bird South Garland
Connecting bus services	Greyhound Lines (Fort Worth Central Station) Trinity Metro (Fort Worth Central Station and T&P Station)
Connecting rail services	Amtrak (at Union Station) A-train (at Trinity Mills) MATA M-Line Trolley (at Cityplace/​Uptown) TEXRail (at DFW Airport Terminal A)

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