TEXRail Breaks Ground on $270 Million Extension to Fort Worth's Medical District
Trinity Metro's 2.1-mile extension will carry TEXRail south from T&P Station to a new Near Southside station by mid-2030, extending the airport line to 29.1 miles and 10 stations.
Trinity Metro broke ground on Thursday, Oct. 29, on a $270 million, 2.1-mile extension of TEXRail that will carry the commuter line south from Fort Worth's T&P Station to the city's Medical District and Near Southside neighborhood, according to the City of Fort Worth. More than 100 people attended the groundbreaking ceremony, the American Public Transportation Association reported.
The new Near Southside Station will sit south of Mistletoe Boulevard and west of Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported, on land donated by Baylor Scott & White Health, with a parking lot and bus turnaround in Trinity Metro's site plan. The extension is funded through federal, regional and local sources, and savings from the original TEXRail project - which came in $80 million under budget - helped fund it.
TEXRail opened in 2019 and runs 27 miles between downtown Fort Worth and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Terminal B, through North Richland Hills and Grapevine. The extension, expected to be ready to ride by mid-2030, will stretch the line to 29.1 miles and 10 stations, tying one of Fort Worth's largest employment centers - its concentration of hospitals and healthcare employers - directly into the regional rail network.
