Trinity Metro retires The Molly Trolley line. Here’s what riders can expect
June 4,2025
See full Fort Worth Star-Telegram article by Fousia Abdullahi here.
Trinity Metro’s Molly The Trolley line will be discontinued and replaced with a new Blue Line bus system starting June 8, shuttling locals and tourists around downtown Fort Worth businesses and attractions.
The Blue Line will offer daily service from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., with buses running every seven minutes, instead of the Trolley’s every 15-minute frequency.
The new buses feature artwork from Fort Worth artists like Amy Jenkins, who attended a June 4 event announcing the change. Both the exterior and interior of the bright blue buses feature artwork throughout, including the seats, which showcase custom upholstery highlighting Fort Worth landmarks.
This service is free through a partnership between Trinity Metro, Visit Fort Worth and Downtown Fort Worth Inc.
“We want the ride to be comfortable, convenient and fun, and so what we’ve done is we have premium seating with charging outlets at the seats,” said Richard Andreski, President and CEO of Trinity Metro. “We have onboard Wi- Fi. We’ll even have music playing in the background to serenade our riders.”
Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker, Visit Fort Worth President Bob Jameson, Downtown Fort Worth President Andy Taft, Fort Worth city council member Elizabeth Beck, The Cliburn CEO Jaques Marquis and Sundance Square representative Zach Murphy spoke at the event and highlighted the importance of this partnership for Fort Worth.
“We hope people, when they come to Fort Worth, will skip the rental car line at DFW airport, take TEXRail to downtown and then ride our great color-coded services,” Andreski said.
The Blue Line will join the Orange line that was launched in September 2024, and connects downtown Fort Worth and the Fort Worth Stockyards. Trinity Metro plans to continue to build a network that it says is easy to understand and very user friendly.
“Offering rides every seven minutes is very convenient and a great incentive for riders to hop on board,” Jameson said in a press release. “The complimentary bus route supports a growing convention business in our downtown and is one more example of the welcome extended to our visitors.”
Parker said the city of Fort Worth is also working alongside the North Central Texas Council of Governments to look at what regional transportation looks like.
“It was really abundantly clear to us we need to be better communicators about the future of transportation,” Parker said. “I would really like us to see the expansion of that TEXRail line long term, getting us from downtown Fort Worth into the Medical District, which is increasingly more important. We’ll work with our federal partners on that piece as well. Richard and his team are looking at what the next line announcement looks like.”
The city is also planning for future events, such as the 2026 FIFA World Cup, in Arlington, where nine games are scheduled for AT&T Stadium.
“We’re really focused on a regional effort between Arlington, Dallas and the city of Fort Worth, the tremendous amount of tourism we’re going to see here requires that type of coordination,” Parker said. “Transportation and Public Safety are at the center of that work.”
The expansion of the color-coded line is an ongoing effort to get people excited about tourism in the city, and also those that work and live in downtown.
“The blue line connects all of those people,” Taft said. “The day trippers that come in, the tourists, the conventioneers, the office workers, the people who live in Fort Worth, to patronize all of our restaurants, retail and entertainment. The blue line connects all of those together.”