Dallas Railway And Terminal Company
The following is a list of former privately run transit companies that served Dallas, Texas. The first year is the year service began. The last is the year private service was halted. *1872–1884 Dallas City Railroad Company (Main Street Line) *1875–1884 Dallas Street Railroad Company (San Jacinto Line) *1876–1887 Commerce and Ervay Street Railroad Company *1884–1887 Belt Street Railway *1884–1887 Dallas City and Dallas Street Railroad Company (merger between the Main and San Jacinto Lines) *1887–1890 Dallas Consolidated Street Railway Company (merger between the DC&DS, C&E and BSR) *1887–1900 Dallas and Oak Cliff Elevated Railway *1888–1898 Dallas Rapid Transit Company *1889–1892 North Dallas Circuit Railway *1890– North Dallas Railway Company *1890–1895 Dallas Consolidated Traction Railway Company (New owners changed the DCSR) *1892–1898 Queens City Railway Company *1895–1898 Dallas City Railway Company (New Company formed to take ownership of DCTRC, whic ...
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Dallas, Texas
Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County with portions extending into Collin, Denton, Kaufman and Rockwall counties. With a 2020 census population of 1,304,379, it is the ninth most-populous city in the U.S. and the third-largest in Texas after Houston and San Antonio. Located in the North Texas region, the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the largest inland metropolitan area in the U.S. that lacks any navigable link to the sea. The cities of Dallas and nearby Fort Worth were initially developed due to the construction of major railroad lines through the area allowing access to cotton, cattle and later oil in North and East Texas. The construction of the Interstate Highway System reinforced Dallas's prominen ...
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Northern Texas Traction Company
The Northern Texas Traction Company was a subsidiary of Stone & Webster that operated the streetcar system and interurban lines in Fort Worth, Texas. The Northern Texas Traction Company began with the purchase of the City Railway of Fort Worth by George T. Bishop in 1900. Bishop also acquired the Dallas and Oak Cliff Elevated Railway to gain access to Dallas. Construction of the second interurban line in the state of Texas linked the cities of Fort Worth and Dallas with operations commencing on July 1, 1902. The Bishop interests sold out to Stone & Webster Engineering in 1905. The company produced a monthly employee newsletter called The Traction News throughout the 1920s. The power generating plant and workshops for the interurban line were located in the small town of Handley just east of Fort Worth. The Northern Texas Traction Company bought land south of Handley where it developed a trolley park called Lake Erie. The pavilion at Lake Erie included a roller skating rink, a da ...
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Current And Former Railroad Companies Operating In Dallas, Texas
The following is a list of railroad companies that serve(d) Dallas. The first year is the year service began; the last is the year service was halted. *1872–1934 Houston and Texas Central Railroad (absorbed into the TNO) *1873–1976 Texas and Pacific Railway *1878–1880 Dallas and Wichita Railroad *1878 Dallas, Cleburne and Rio Grande Railroad *1878–1879 Chicago, Texas and Mexican Central Railway (purchased right of way from the DC&RG) *1879–1965 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad (acquired CT&MC) *1880–1989 Missouri-Kansas-Texas *1880–1881 Texas Trunk Railroad *1881–1961 Texas and New Orleans Railroad (acquired the TT) *1901–1904 Red River, Texas and Southern Railroad *1902–1964 Saint Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railroad (nickname Frisco, absorbed the RRT&S) *1903–1932 St. Louis Southwestern Railway *1903–1980 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad *1925–1982 Fort Worth and Denver Railway *1932–1996 Southern Pacific (acquired the SLSW i ...
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Transportation In Dallas
This article is about transportation systems in and around Dallas, Texas (United States, USA). Walking and bicycling Dallas is the 30th most walkable large city in the US, with a Walk Score of 47. Most of the pedestrian-friendly areas in the city are near downtown Dallas, downtown and Uptown Dallas, Uptown. The majority of Dallas, whether or not it was developed with the pedestrian in mind, was completely rebuilt or reworked to accommodate the vehicle in the mid-20th century. In the late 1990s and early 2000s (decade), the importance of the pedestrian, bicyclist, and those who use mass transportation began to be realized and most new developments cater to all forms of transportation. Walking trails, though once nonexistent, are also starting to be built and improved by the city. Perhaps the flagship is the Katy Trail (Dallas), Katy Trail, built over the old Katy Railway, which goes from the Victory Park, Dallas, Texas, Victory Park neighborhood through Uptown Dallas, Uptow ...
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Defunct Public Transport Operators In The United States
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Defunct Companies Based In Texas
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Lists Of Defunct Companies Of The United States
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