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DART Light Rail is a light rail system in Dallas, Texas and its suburbs owned and operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit. The system comprises between its four lines — the , the , the , and the . Its is the longest light rail system in the United States. As of the fourth quarter of 2013, the system has an average weekday ridership of 98,300, making it the largest light rail system in the Southern United States by ridership, and the seventh largest in the United States by ridership.〔(APTA Q4 2013 Light Rail Transit Ridership Report )〕 The system utilizes 163 light rail trains manufactured by Kinki Sharyo,〔 with all trains being converted to "Super" LRVs which feature level boarding and higher passenger capacity.〔(Facts:SLRV (DART Fact Sheets) )〕 The following lines are currently active: * (opened in 1996, completed in its current state in 2002) * (opened in 1996, completed in its current state in 2012, additions scheduled for 2016) * (opened in 2009, completed in its current state in 2010) * (opened in 2012, completed in its current state in 2014) ==History== Before the 1983 election, DART had a plan for of rail. After the election, the plan was pared down to when Duncanville, Grand Prairie and Mesquite, which would have had rail lines, didn't opt to join the agency. DART chose light rail transit as its primary mode of rail transportation in 1984. The plan was pared down again to before the 1988 bond vote. After the vote, the agency again pared down the regional rail system to ; light rail and 18 miles of commuter rail. In 2010, DART announced that it would likely need to scrap much of its 2030 plan for expansion citing deficits and money woes.〔(Money woes will force DART to cut jobs, rail plans ) Dallas Morning News〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「DART Light Rail」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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