Work begins on Denton County's A-train commuter line

12:00 AM CDT on Wednesday, July 1, 2009
By WENDY HUNDLEY / The Dallas Morning News whundley@dallasnews.com

LEWISVILLE – Preparations for the A-train rail line – Denton County's long-awaited foray into commuter rail – finally began this week.

Workers began unloading 20-ton lengths of steel track in Lewisville and Lake Dallas along the route of the old Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. The 1,600-foot lengths of steel will form the backbone for the new 21-mile railway that is expected to be completed by December 2010.

"This is the first evidence that real progress is taking place," said Dee Leggett, a spokeswoman for the Denton County Transportation Authority, which is managing the project.

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