Irving, TX
Stop on the proposed 17,000-mile maglev network. Next stop: Grand Prairie, TX (5.6 mi).
About Irving
Irving is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and is an inner city suburb of Dallas. The city had a population of 256,684 according to the 2020 United States census, making it the twelfth-most populous city in Texas, and the 91st most populous in the U.S.
Source: Wikipedia summary (full article). Population and facts as published there.
Cost breakdown (proposal-scale estimates — see math)
| Item | Basis | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal construction | Mid-size terminal — 200K–1M catchment ($1–2B range) | $1.5B |
| Land acquisition | Regional factor 1.2× on $200M base | $240M |
| Track: Irving → Grand Prairie | 5.6 mi × $500M/mi | $2.8B |
| Annual operations (share) | Staffing, power, maintenance | $30M/yr |
| Stop total (excl. annual ops) | $4.5B |
Best terminal location (proposed)
the Las Colinas Urban Center / Irving Convention Center district. DART's Orange Line already serves it, and the corporate catchment — ExxonMobil, McKesson, Fluor — is among the densest in Texas. The SH-114/161 interchange offers developable land. It splits the Dallas–Fort Worth commute shed neatly in half.
Before / after
Aerial mock-up (illustrative, not an engineering rendering). Left: the proposed site today. Right: with the maglev terminal.
- Las Colinas — the business district where the corridor begins.
- North Irving transit district — DART corridor with redevelopment parcels.
- MacArthur corridor — commercial strip toward Grand Prairie.