On 29 October 2026 in Fort Worth, Texas, Trinity Metro held a groundbreaking ceremony to start construction of the TEXRail Medical District extension, a 2.1-mile project budgeted at $270 million that will extend TEXRail service south from Fort Worth T&P Station to a new Near Southside Station. The ceremony at the future station site was attended by more than 100 people. The extension is intended to connect Fort Worth’s Medical District and Near Southside with downtown Fort Worth, North Richland Hills, Grapevine and Terminal B at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
Trinity Metro disclosed that Baylor Scott & White Health affiliates will donate about 1.76 acres for the permanent station site and provide access for customer parking, a bus turnaround and a station access road. Trinity Metro listed multiple federal, regional and local funding sources, including 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, the North Central Texas Council of Governments’ Regional Transportation Council and local funding. Trinity Metro previously selected a Huitt-Zollars and TranSystems team for final design in August 2023 under a different project budget and schedule; the agency described a $167 million program then and said construction would begin in 2024. Not publicly disclosed: contract awards, construction timeline to completion, and principal contractors for construction.
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On 29 October 2026 in Fort Worth, Texas, Trinity Metro held a groundbreaking ceremony at the future Near Southside Station site to begin construction of the TEXRail Medical District extension. Attendance at the event exceeded 100 people. The 2.1-mile extension is budgeted at $270 million and will extend TEXRail commuter service from Fort Worth T&P Station south into Fort Worth’s Medical District and Near Southside, linking that area to downtown Fort Worth, North Richland Hills, Grapevine and Terminal B at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
Verified facts
Trinity Metro announced the start of construction on 29 October 2026. The project scope is a 2.1-mile track extension from Fort Worth T&P Station to a new Near Southside Station. The agency published a project budget of $270 million. The new station site is being provided on land donated by Baylor Scott & White Health affiliates; the donation covers about 1.76 acres. The agreements with Baylor Scott & White also provide Trinity Metro with access to property for customer parking, a bus turnaround and a station access road, and leave room for future development while protecting long-term parking and transit access. Trinity Metro identified funding sources including the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program, the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program, the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) program, the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, savings from the original TEXRail project, the North Central Texas Council of Governments’ Regional Transportation Council and local funding. The project was publicly outlined by Trinity Metro in 2023 with an employment figure for the Medical District of 50,000. Not publicly disclosed are construction contract awards, the construction completion date, and the total schedule for delivery.
Organizations and responsibilities
Trinity Metro: project owner and agency leading the TEXRail Medical District extension; announced the groundbreaking, published the $270 million budget figure, and identified funding sources. Baylor Scott & White Health affiliates: donor of about 1.76 acres for the permanent station site and provider of property access for parking, a bus turnaround and a station access road, as described in agreements authorized by the Trinity Metro board in September (year not separately specified in the source). North Central Texas Council of Governments’ Regional Transportation Council: listed by Trinity Metro as a funding participant. Other funding program authorities named by Trinity Metro: Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program; Surface Transportation Block Grant Program; Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development program; Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act. Huitt-Zollars and TranSystems: identified by Trinity Metro in August 2023 as the selected team for final design for the extension under a previous program description. The source does not disclose construction contractors or other commercial partners for the 2026 construction phase.
Operational and commercial context
According to the report, TEXRail currently operates 27 miles between downtown Fort Worth and DFW Airport Terminal B, with stations in Fort Worth, North Richland Hills and Grapevine. The line began service in January 2019 and has carried more than 4.8 million customers since then. The report states TEXRail reached 1 million riders in a single year for the first time in late September 2026. The source also reports that Trinity Metro announced in November 2024 the procurement of four additional Stadler FLIRT diesel multiple units with delivery expected in 2027; these units are to join the original FLIRT trains in service since 2019. The 2026 announcement differs from Trinity Metro’s August 2023 description of the project as a $167 million program that included a new station with a 100-space park-and-ride lot and anticipated construction start in 2024. Reported information in the source indicates funding for the extension will draw on multiple federal, regional and local programs, but the source does not disclose final construction contracts, the detailed project schedule to completion, or the identity of construction suppliers.
Sources
https://www.railway.supply/texrail-work-begins-to-link-fort-worths-medical-district-with-dfw-airport/
Source organization: Railway Supply
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