Texas Electric Railway

Texas Electric Railway
Restored rail car at the Interurban Railway Museum
Overview
Status	Defunct
Locale	Dallas, Texas
Service
Type	Interurban
Services	3
History
Opened	1908
Closed	1948
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Trolley wire
Route map Legend Denison Sherman Howe Van Alstyne Anna Melissa McKinney Allen Plano Richardson Texas Interurban Ry to Denton Vickery Northern Texas Traction to Fort Worth Dallas Texas Interurban Ry to Terrell Lisbon Hutchins Lancaster Wilmer Red Oak Ferris Sterrett Trumbull Waxahachie Palmer Forreston Garrett Italy Ennis Milford Alma Hillsboro Rice Abbott Corsicana West Elm Mott Waco This diagram: view talk edit

The Texas Electric Railway is a historic interurban railroad that operated from Dallas, Texas, to Denison, Corsicana, and Waco. It began operation in 1908 and through the merger of several companies became the largest interurban railway operator in the South before its demise in 1948.^[1]