Comments on: A-train recon

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:12:45 +0000

I was wondering if we could use one of your night pictures of the station? We’d be glad to credit you for it. We aren’t using it for profit; we’re making note cards featuring the station for the next Mayor-Council breakfast. Please call me at 940-349-7732 or email julie.glover@cityofdenton.com Thanks!

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By: HiTecHoBo

HiTecHoBo — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:51:05 +0000

Today I rode a combination of A-Trains, DCTA Mega-Bus & Dart Trains to Dallas, with my City-Bike in tow. 10 bucks for a system wide pass. I stopped at the West End station to change trains and have lunch at one of my favorite ole hamburger joint that’s as old as I am, the Record Grill. Many of Dallas’ famous and infamous have sat at it’s counter and had a meal beginning in 1947. It’s old timey burger and fries were just as I remembered them, as a kid. I ate there after my military draft induction physical.( joined the Marine Air Wing before I could be drafted though). I’m pretty sure, folks like Bill Decker & Lee Harvey Oswald would have grabbed a lunch there. It’s only a few hundred feet down the street from the Old School Book Depository / JFK Museum, across the street from the John Neely Bryan Cabin and a block over from the Old Red Courthouse. The Burgers & Fries there are nothing special except for the fact that they were exactly the same & unchanged from the ones they served in the 50’s. Even the tomatoes were tasty, not the bland orange slices served on fast food chain burgers. They were diminutive, probable heirloom & I’d bet from the Farmers Market. They also offer a Plate Lunch Special….as was so common in my youth from lunch counters in downtown Dallas, to the drug store in Tioga. Rode the bike all around the West End and then to my Favorite Downtown Dallas Camping Spot, in a lush tropical setting next to a waterfall, below ground level, 901 Main St.
It’s a pretty quick and enjoyable trip to the West End. There is a whole days worth of sightseeing available on foot, from there. With the bicycle….”there ain’t no place you can’t git”, or one of my favorite HiTecBoBo-isms, “not know’n where you’re go’ns the best way to git someplace you’ve never been”.
As soon as the Heartland Express, makes accommodations for bicycles (they say soon), you’ll be able to jump on the A-Train and thru transfers, end up with your bike in Oklamoma City. You’ll travel twice the distant a car trip would take, but you can ride the “Murder Mystery Train” and that is not a trip…. it’s an ADVENTURE.
See ya ridin the rails.
HiTecHoBo

By: bikedenton

bikedenton — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:11:33 +0000

@Opus: http://www.dcta.net/FareInformation.asp

By: Opus the Poet

Opus the Poet — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:57:16 +0000

What is the fare from Dallas to Denton? I have a daughter living just outside Denton that would be a simple ride to visit on the train if it doesn’t cost too much.

By: Cory Ward

Cory Ward — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:34:23 +0000

I discovered today that from the Old Town station, you can hop on the 23 which will take you to Vista Ridge Mall. According to local legend/ magician Corn Mo, Vista Ridge is a way better place to make out than golden triangle.