Dallas, TX
Stop on the proposed 17,000-mile maglev network. Next stop: Irving, TX (8.8 mi).
About Dallas
Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Located in northern Texas, it is the ninth-most populous city in the United States and third-most populous city in Texas, with a population of 1.3 million at the 2020 census.
Source: Wikipedia summary (full article). Population and facts as published there.
Cost breakdown (proposal-scale estimates — see math)
| Item | Basis | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal construction | Major hub terminal — top-10 US metro ($4–8B range) | $6B |
| Land acquisition | Regional factor 1.2× on $200M base | $240M |
| Track: Dallas → Irving | 8.8 mi × $500M/mi | $4.4B |
| Annual operations (share) | Staffing, power, maintenance | $120M/yr |
| Stop total (excl. annual ops) | $10.6B |
Best terminal location (proposed)
the existing Eddie Bernice Johnson Union Station district at Dealey Plaza. This is Dallas's historic rail heart, already served by Amtrak, Trinity Railway Express, DART light rail and the streetcar. A maglev terminal here reunites every regional rail mode at a single point. The downtown and Design District catchments, plus convention traffic, make it the obvious DFW anchor.
Before / after
Aerial mock-up (illustrative, not an engineering rendering). Left: the proposed site today. Right: with the maglev terminal.
- Cockrell Hill — tiny enclave city astride the corridor west of downtown.
- Eagle Ford — historic West Dallas community on the rail alignment.
- Trinity Groves — West Dallas restaurant and redevelopment district.