TexasCHLforum.com

bblhd672 wrote:

Bruin98 wrote:For all you out of towners, the DART line is nowhere near as complicated as it looks. The orange, red and blue lines all run directly through downtown and all 3 stop at the Convention Center. Then you walk a little over 150 yards (under a cover) and boom you are right there.

The green line is a little complicated. You have two options:
1. Get off at the West End and wait 5-10 minutes for a blue, red, orange train to pick you up and take you to the Convention Center.
2. Get off at the West End and walk. It's an easy walk if you are in any kind of walking shape. Personally, I'd wait for the train, but the walk won't kill you.

Just a heads up that the West End Station is one of the busiest stops on the train. It's got an interesting assortment of people waiting for the train, loitering or just living there.

Trust me--my 4 year old and 8 year old can get anywhere on DART. (I'm actually concerned they may try to catch the bus that comes by our house and runaway one day because they have that system figured out.)

Thanks. I'm working out how to take the train from Ft. Worth, then catch DART to the convention center.

Not much different. But i dont know where train picks up in ft worth.

TRE ends at Union Station in Dallas though. Convention is one stop south.

Get on any train you want. Southbound trains pick up on TRE side of track so you can almost stand still after exiting TRE.

You could walk it if weather is nice.

For all you out of towners, the DART line is nowhere near as complicated as it looks. The orange, red and blue lines all run directly through downtown and all 3 stop at the Convention Center. Then you walk a little over 150 yards (under a cover) and boom you are right there.

The green line is a little complicated. You have two options:
1. Get off at the West End and wait 5-10 minutes for a blue, red, orange train to pick you up and take you to the Convention Center.
2. Get off at the West End and walk. It's an easy walk if you are in any kind of walking shape. Personally, I'd wait for the train, but the walk won't kill you.

Just a heads up that the West End Station is one of the busiest stops on the train. It's got an interesting assortment of people waiting for the train, loitering or just living there.

Trust me--my 4 year old and 8 year old can get anywhere on DART. (I'm actually concerned they may try to catch the bus that comes by our house and runaway one day because they have that system figured out.)

For those worried about parking, I have 2 solutions. (I've lived in Dallas almost all my life.)

1. Use DART Rail. Most train locations have parking lots and they are scattered all over Dallas. There are 3 within 5 miles of my house. The train stops at the Convention Center. You walk about 100 yards from the train to the doors. Trains run every 20 minutes during peak traffic--but they actually run much more frequently when you are in Downtown Dallas. 3 different lines has a train running by every 10 minutes. It's so easy my 8 year old is a bit of an expert on the deal. Day passes are $5/day or you can buy 90 minute passes for I think $1.50. They might be $2 or 2.50. (I only buy the day passes when I use the train because these 90 minute passes don't work on the buses and the $5 ones work everywhere.) It's not the best, but safer than you have heard. (I posted before I read the whole thread--it's going to run you $10/day for a pass that works on the TRE and DART for those coming in from Ft. Worth.)

I'm not sure how you plan on doing lunch, but West End is one or two stops north of the convention center and if you want it--they got it as far as food is concerned. The train makes it easy and may give Uber or a taxi a run for its money on how fast it can get you there.

2. Uber.

DART is CHL friendly. Uber says they arent, but I've never seen a car actually posted.