Fort Worth, TX
Stop on the proposed 17,000-mile maglev network. Next stop: Arlington, TX (12.4 mi).
About Fort Worth
Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly 350 square miles (910 km2) and extending into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties.
Source: Wikipedia summary (full article). Population and facts as published there.
Cost breakdown (proposal-scale estimates — see math)
| Item | Basis | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal construction | Large-city terminal — 1–4M metro ($2–4B range) | $3B |
| Land acquisition | Regional factor 1.2× on $200M base | $240M |
| Track: Fort Worth → Arlington | 12.4 mi × $500M/mi | $6.2B |
| Annual operations (share) | Staffing, power, maintenance | $60M/yr |
| Stop total (excl. annual ops) | $9.4B |
Best terminal location (proposed)
Fort Worth Central Station, the existing downtown multimodal hub. Amtrak, TEXRail, Trinity Railway Express and Trinity Metro buses already meet here, so the terminal plugs into a working network on day one. Surface lots and rail yards nearby give expansion room without demolishing blocks. It anchors the entire western half of the DFW metroplex.
Before / after
Aerial mock-up (illustrative, not an engineering rendering). Left: the proposed site today. Right: with the maglev terminal.
- Pantego — enclave town on the I-30 corridor between the cities.
- Dalworthington Gardens — small residential city midway on the leg.
- Meadowbrook — East Fort Worth district where the corridor begins.