Editing Paris, Texas (section)

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
====Highways====
Paris is served by four major highways:
*[[Image:US 82.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 82 in Texas|U.S. Highway 82]]
*[[Image:US 271.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 271 in Texas|U.S. Highway 271]]
*[[Image:Texas 19.svg|20px]] [[Image:Texas 24.svg|20px]] [[State Highway 19 (Texas)|State Highway 19]]/[[State Highway 24 (Texas)|State Highway 24]]
*[[Image:Texas Loop 286.svg|20px]] [[State Highway Loop 286 (Texas)|State Highway Loop 286]]

According to the [[Texas Transportation Commission]], Paris is the second-largest city in Texas without a four-lane divided highway connecting to an [[interstate highway]] within the state.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} However, those traveling north of the city can go into the Midwest on a four-lane thoroughfare via US 271 across the Red River into Oklahoma, and then the [[Indian Nation Turnpike]] from Hugo to Interstate 40 at Henryetta, which in turn continues as a free four-lane highway via US 75 to [[Tulsa]].

====Mass transit====
For public transit, Paris is served by the Ark-Tex Council of Governments Rural Transit District (TRAX). Local, fixed-route bus service runs hourly on weekdays between 6:30 am and 6:30 pm.<ref>{{cite web |title=TRAX: About the Transportation Program |website=Ark-Tex Council of Governments |access-date=30 November 2023 |url=https://atcog.org/transportation-programs/}}</ref> Dubbed the "Paris Metro", ''Texas Monthly'' has cited the town as a model for rural transport.<ref>{{cite web |title=What Can Public Transit Deserts Learn From Paris, Texas? |date=2023-11-28 |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/paris-texas-bus-route-rural-public-transportation/ |website=Texas Monthly |access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref> There is no intercity transit available in Paris. However, intercity bus routes can be accessed in nearby Mount Pleasant and Sulphur Springs. These services are operated by [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sulphur Springs, TX to Dallas, TX Bus - Affordable Bus Tickets |url=https://www.greyhound.com/bus-routes/sulphur-springs-tx-dallas-tx |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=www.greyhound.com}}</ref> and [[Trailways Transportation System|Trailways]].

====Rail====
Paris is served by a [[branch line]] of the [[Kiamichi Railroad]] leading to [[Hugo, Oklahoma]], and is the eastern terminus of a [[Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad]] line to [[Sherman, Texas]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bnsf.com/bnsf-resources/pdf/ship-with-bnsf/maps-and-shipping-locations/bnsf-network-map.pdf |title=bnsf-network-map.pdf |access-date=November 18, 2024 |date=January 2024}}</ref> As of 2024, the rail lines are used for freight haulage only; the city is not served by [[Amtrak]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Texas Eagle Amtrak coach and sleeper train serving 43 cities in 7 states |url=http://www.texaseagle.com/ |publisher=National Railroad Passenger Corporation |website=texaseagle.com |access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref>

====Air====
[[Cox Field]] provides [[general aviation]] services, and is [[FAA airport categories|categorized]] by the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] as a ''Regional'' airport.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/airports/planning_capacity/npias/current/ARP-NPIAS-2025-2029-Appendix-A.pdf |title=NPIAS, 2025-2029, Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports, updated October 2024 |publisher=Federal Aviation Administration, Airports Planning and Programming |date=October 24, 2024 |access-date=November 30, 2024 |website=faa.gov |page=A-102}}</ref>

====Trails====
Paris is located on the [[Northeast Texas Trail]] (NETT), a {{cvt|130|mi|adj=on}} hike-and-bike trail from [[Farmersville, Texas]], to [[New Boston, Texas]], which follows a disused railroad right-of-way [[railbanked]] by the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] and [[Chaparral Railroad]] in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ferguson |first=Wes |title=Traveling 130 Miles Along the Northeast Texas Trail  |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/traveling-130-miles-along-northeast-texas-trail/ |date=May 2018 |publisher=[[Texas Monthly]] |access-date=November 30, 2024 |website=texasmonthly.com |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://netexastrail.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/NETT_Trail_Map_2014.pdf |title=NETT Trail Map 2014 |publisher=NorthEast Texas Trail Coalition |website=netexastrail.org |date=September 19, 2019 |access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref>