Holiday News

Dallas and Fort Worth enact special holiday schedule for buses and trains

The special schedule includes free rides on New Year's Eve.

Photo courtesy of City of Plano

Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) and the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) will be enacting special schedules for the Christmas and New Year's holidays.

One bonus: Free transportation will be offered the night of New Year’s Eve on DART buses, light rail, Paratransit Services, and the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) between EBJ Union Station and CentrePort/DFW Airport Station for everyone from 6 pm until the end of service, courtesy of Coors Light, which is picking up the tab.

For more info, call 214-979-1111 or visit DART.org and TrinityRailwayExpress.org.

DART

Christmas:

Friday, December 24

DART Buses and Light Rail: Sunday schedule
TRE: Saturday schedule
DART GoLink will operate only in zones that provide Sunday service. These zones include Northwest Dallas, Inland Port, Rylie, West Dallas, North Dallas and Park Cities. No service in any other zones.

DART Customer Information Center will be open from 8 am-5 pm, but the Customer Care Center, Lost & Found, and administrative offices will all be closed.

DART Paratransit services will operate on a Sunday schedule; the Call Center will be closed Friday-Sunday. Customers wishing to schedule trips by phone for any of the three days will need to do so by Thursday December 23, but can schedule and cancel trips online 24 hours a day at www.DART.org/paratransit.

Saturday, December 25

DART Buses and Light Rail: Sunday schedule
TRE: No service
DART GoLink will operate only in zones that provide Sunday service. These zones include Northwest Dallas, Inland Port, Rylie, West Dallas, North Dallas and Park Cities. No service in any other zones.

DART administrative offices, Customer Information Center, Customer Care Center, and Lost & Found will all be closed.

New Year's:

Friday, December 31

DART Buses and Light Rail: Operating on a Saturday schedule
TRE: Saturday schedule, with a 20-minute after the game special for the Stars game.
DART GoLink will operate only in zones that provide Sunday service. These zones include Northwest Dallas, Inland Port, Rylie, West Dallas, North Dallas and Park Cities. No service in any other zones.

DART Customer Information Center will be open 8 am-5 pm. Customer Care Center, Lost & Found, and the administrative offices will be closed.

DART Paratransit services will operate on a Sunday schedule. The Call Center will be closed Friday-Sunday.

Saturday, January 1

DART Buses: Saturday schedule
DART Light Rail: Sunday schedule
TRE: No service

DART GoLink will operate only in zones that provide Sunday service. Customer Information will be open from 8 am-5 pm. Customer Care, Lost & Found, and administrative offices will be closed.

TRINITY METRO

Christmas:

Friday, December 24

Regular service: TEXRail, The Dash, Molly the Trolley

Buses will operate on a Sunday schedule:

No inbound bus routes to Fort Worth Central Station after 7:15 pm
No express bus service
ACCESS paratransit will operate on a Sunday schedule with final pick-up at 7:15 pm
ZIPZONE ends service at 8 pm

Trinity Railway Express will operate on a Saturday schedule. Ticket sales kiosk at Fort Worth Central Station open 8 am-5 pm. Customer care is open 5 am-5 pm at 817-215-8600.

Saturday, December 25

Regular service: TEXRail, Alliance ZIPZONE, The Dash, Molly the Trolley

Modified service:

Buses and ACCESS paratransit: Sunday/holiday schedule
Southside ZIPZONE: Sunday schedule
No Mercantile or South Tarrant ZIPZONE
No Trinity Railway Express (TRE) service
Ticket sales kiosk at Fort Worth Central Station closed

Customer care is open 8 am-5 pm at 817-215-8600.

New Year's

Friday, December 31

Regular service: Buses, ACCESS paratransit, TEXRail, ZIPZONE, The Dash, Molly the Trolley

Trinity Railway Express will operate on a Saturday schedule.

Ticket sales kiosk at Fort Worth Central Station open 8 am-5 pm, and customer care is open 5 am-10 pm at 817-215-8600.

Saturday, January 1

Regular service: TEXRail, ZIPZONE, The Dash, Molly the Trolley

Buses and ACCESS paratransit will operate on a Sunday/holiday schedule.

No Trinity Railway Express (TRE) service, and the ticket sales kiosk at Fort Worth Central Station will be closed.

Customer care is open 8 am-5 pm at 817-215-8600.

transportation traffic holidays

Traffic Advisory

I-30 ramp closure in downtown Dallas will detour drivers until 2028

Photo courtesy Google Maps

At 10 pm Sunday, November 15 the westbound I-30 on-ramp from Canton Street/Akard Street will shut down until at least spring 2028.

Traffic alert for drivers on Interstate 30: Beginning at 10 pm Sunday, November 15, the westbound I-30 on-ramp from Canton Street/Akard Street will shut down and remain closed until spring 2028, TxDOT says.

Detour signs will be in place, directing traffic to use the onramp at Harwood Street for access to westbound I-30 during this time.

The closure is part of the ongoing I-30 Canyon corridor improvement project.

As a reminder, the following closures remain in place as part of this project:

All lanes of Botham Jean/Lamar Boulevard are closed and detoured at I-30 through late 2027.
Griffin Boulevard is narrowed to one lane in each direction at I-30 through early 2028.
All lanes of Cesar Chavez Boulevard are closed and detoured at I-30 through late 2028.
All lanes of Cadiz Street are closed and detoured at I-30. It will be rebuilt on a new alignment and reopen later in the project.
All lanes of Akard Street are closed and detoured at I-30 through summer 2028.
Good Latimer Expressway is narrowed to one lane in each direction at I-30 through early 2028.

According to TxDOT, drivers should plan ahead for extra travel time. No pedestrian access is allowed inside the closed work zones.

The I-30 Canyon project, between the I-35E and I-45 interchanges, is expected to be complete in 2031, weather permitting. Future scheduled lane and ramp closures for this project will be posted in DriveTexas.org as information becomes available.

For everyone's safety, TxDOT urges drivers to use caution in work zones by setting aside distractions, following posted speed limits, and being alert to slower traffic and crews in the area.

road closures detour i-30 canyon project traffic