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DART's initial plans called for 160 miles (257.5 km) of commuter rail. The election plan was pared down to 147 miles (236.6 km) when Duncanville, Grand Prairie and Mesquite, which would have had rail lines, opted out of joining the agency. DART chose light rail transit as its primary mode of rail transportation. The plan was pared down again to ...
After several cities (specifically Duncanville, Grand Prairie, and Mesquite) voted not to join the agency and a 1988 bond plan to fund the system failed, DART settled on a pared-down system, consisting of 66 miles (106.2 km) of light rail and 18 miles (29 km) of commuter rail. The first two light rail lines in the system, the Red and Blue Lines ...
The DART light rail system, operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit, serves portions of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Texas, United States. The network consists of sixty-five stations on four lines: Blue Line, Green Line, Orange Line and Red Line.
In 1999, DGNO leased an additional 89 miles (143 km) of track from Union Pacific and Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART). This included a stretch of Union Pacific track between Plano and Sherman, as well as a DART-owned St. Louis Southwestern corridor between Carrollton and Plano. (The latter corridor would later become the basis for DART's Silver ...
Illinois Avenue, TX-408 Spur (Patriot Parkway), Clark Road 10.0 miles (16.1 km) Red Line [47] 224 I-30/Broadway Downtown Convention Center station Garland Downtown Garland station R.L. Thornton Freeway (Highway 67), Broadway Boulevard, Dairy Road 22.3 miles (35.9 km) Blue Line Dallas Streetcar Red Line Texas Eagle
The Dallas Streetcar project is a collaborative endeavor among DART, the City of Dallas, and the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG). [4] [7] [11] The project received $23 million in initial funding via a federal TIGER grant awarded to DART in December 2010. [8]
[4] [5] DART previously bought the right-of-way to the 52-mile (84 km) Cotton Belt corridor train tracks in 1990 and freight trains had since ceased use of the tracks. [6] [7] The line was also included in DART's 2030 Transit System Plan. However, in 2010 DART scrapped much of their 2030 plan, citing deficits and drops in revenue. [8]
Loop 12 station would be located at the intersection of Loop 12 and SH 114 near the former site of Texas Stadium. [26] The city of Irving has established a redevelopment plan for the site which includes the station. [27] Meanwhile, the DART FY2024-2028 Capital Improvement Plan hints at a possible opening in Fiscal Year 2028 (2028-2029). [28]