Dallas Union Station Celebrates 100 Years
October 18th, 2016
October 17, 2016 - CBSDFW.com
Union Station (now renamed Eddie Bernie Johnson Union Station in honor of the transportation advocate in Congress) turned 100 years old this week, and a centennial celebration was held for the Dallas icon. Mayor Mike Rawlings and other city leaders gathered Monday to honor the station. The $6.5 million project in 1916 unified a divided rail system.
After experiencing a decline, there has been a resurgence in rail ridership over the last several years. More people are choosing to travel on DART, the TRE and Amtrak. According to a state rail advocate, growing populations in the Metroplex are choking the DFW area’s highways with traffic. That has people looking for other ways to travel.
Plus, with a high-speed rail planned for Dallas within the next few years, Union Station will be even more critical than ever.
Read more (and video with Texas Rail Advocates board member Karl Ziebarth):
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/10/17/union-station-in-dallas-turns-100-years-old/
See Texas Rail Advocates photo array of Union Station Centennial
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Union Station (now renamed Eddie Bernie Johnson Union Station in honor of the transportation advocate in Congress) turned 100 years old this week, and a centennial celebration was held for the Dallas icon. Mayor Mike Rawlings and other city leaders gathered Monday to honor the station. The $6.5 million project in 1916 unified a divided rail system.
After experiencing a decline, there has been a resurgence in rail ridership over the last several years. More people are choosing to travel on DART, the TRE and Amtrak. According to a state rail advocate, growing populations in the Metroplex are choking the DFW area’s highways with traffic. That has people looking for other ways to travel.
Plus, with a high-speed rail planned for Dallas within the next few years, Union Station will be even more critical than ever.
Read more (and video with Texas Rail Advocates board member Karl Ziebarth):
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/10/17/union-station-in-dallas-turns-100-years-old/
See Texas Rail Advocates photo array of Union Station Centennial
CW33 coverage Fox4 coverage