[Steppes] OT riding the rails to DFW 2
Ciard49 at aol.com
Ciard49 at aol.com
Fri Dec 17 15:01:27 PST 2004
This all sounds good. Thanks to everyone who has replied.
Ma was under the impression the ride was 30 dollars.
She must have heard about the private shuttle van (name?)
I told her what Mikael said - about the cool architecture and subway and old
rail lines the express train followed. She sounded much more interested.
Were the tickets 4 dollars a day? Sounds mighty cheap - but that would be
grand if true.
We won't have as much trouble as some folks, since Ma can walk good with her
walker, and can climb some steps.
I want to ride those old restored Pullman cars to see the National parks out
west like I saw on the travel channel.
Ciard
In a message dated 12/17/2004 2:53:14 P.M. Central Standard Time,
mikaelc at airmail.net writes:
All of the DART light-rail stations have wheelchair access to the
trains. There are two different types of trains run by the Trinity
Express - the older Budd RDC's (look like a self-propelled, silver
passenger car) which have wheelchair lifts, and the newer trains
(railfans call them "footballs", because of the shape of the cars) -
these have platform-level floors. The shuttle busses from the
CentrePoint station to the airport also are equipped to handle
wheelchairs.
Mikael
Subject: RE: [Steppes] OT riding the rails to DFW 2
To tell you the truth, Chiard, it looks like a lot more trouble than its
worth to take the trains, no bathrooms en route, and has the question been
answered about getting the wheelchair onto the train? I haven't noticed one
myself and I go to the State Fair on the DART rail/shuttlebus every year.
Also,
consider having to transfer from one train to another, then having to
transfer to
a shuttlebus to the station. Does the shuttlebus have handicap access?
You are going to have enough trouble getting past the gate I would think.
Sounds a bit formidable to me. Sorry.
Gab
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