Shovels are primed for Fort Worth’s TEXRail extension to the medical district
Construction on the TEXRail extension to Fort Worth’s Medical District is expected to start by end of this year.
The announcement came in a presentation by Trinity Metro CEO Rich Andreski at an April 28 Fort Worth City Council work session.
The specific date wasn’t listed, but Andreski noted once construction starts, the first trains connecting the Medical District to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport should begin rolling by the end of 2029.
The planned station will be south of Mistletoe Boulevard between Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center and the Fort Worth & Western Rail Road tracks, according to Trinity Metro documents.
TEXRail began ferrying commuters from Fort Worth’s T&P Station to DFW in January 2019.
The project came in $80 million under budget, Andreski said, adding that the savings from the original 27-mile line were used as seed capital for the two-mile extension to the medical district.
The project received a $50 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation in January 2025, and was able to close the remaining funding gap this year, Andreski told the City Council.
The transportation agency will now begin fundraising for another extension of the line close to TCU, Trinity Metro’s chief strategy officer Annette Landeros said.
The agency owns land northwest of the intersection of West Devitt Street and Cleburne Road, according to the Tarrant Appraisal District, which could serve as the location of a station.
Ultimately the line could extend as far as Tarleton State University’s Fort Worth Campus off the Chisholm Trail Parkway, Landeros said.
Trinity Metro has already had talks with university officials, and they’ve expressed interest in the extension, she said.
“We are really excited about the possibility of Fort Worth having one rail line that connects four universities — UTA downtown, Texas A&M, TCU and Tarleton,” Landeros said, noting that some Tarleton faculty could be teaching at both the southwest Fort Worth campus and the Texas A&M campus downtown.
Landeros and Andreski spoke about moving to more so-called “transit-oriented development” where shops, businesses and homes are built around train and bus stops rather than relying on cars as the main way people get around.
Property values that were walking distance to the Grapevine TEXRail station increased as twice the rate as property in the city as a whole, Andreski said referencing a Trinity Metro economic impact study.
The same trend showed up in sales tax revenue for businesses walking distance to the station versus the city as a whole, he said.
There’s a lot of economic opportunity around TEXRail’s existing stations, Landeros said, referencing development around the transit agency’s color coded bus lines and entertainment districts like the Stockyards.
“Fort Worth is rich in opportunity, and mobility can really be that bridge to bring all of the goals you have for our city to fruition,” Landeros said.
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