Red Line (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)

Red Line
Northbound Red Line train at Mockingbird Center
Overview
Type	light rail
System	Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Status	operational
Locale	Dallas, Texas
Termini	Parker Road (north) Westmoreland (south)
Stations	25
Operation
Opened	June 1996
Owner	DART
Operator(s)	DART
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification	overhead catenary
Highest elevation	at grade, elevated, underground

DART Red Line

Legend All stations have step-free access   Parker Road Downtown Plano President George Bush Turnpike Bush Turnpike Galatyn Park Arapaho Center Spring Valley Interstate 635 LBJ/Central Forest Lane White Rock Creek Walnut Hill Park Lane Lovers Lane Blue Line to Downtown Garland Mockingbird Station Knox-Henderson (deferred) Cityplace Deep Ellum (special event only) Baylor Medical Center (special event only) Fair Park (special event only) Green Line to Buckner; Orange Line to Lawnview Pearl St. Paul Akard West End Victory (special event only) Green Line to North Carrollton/Frankford; Orange Line to DFW Airport Trinity Railway Express to T&P Station Union Station Convention Center Interstate 30 Cedars DART South Maintenance Facility Trinity River 8th & Corinth Blue Line to Ledbetter Dallas Zoo Tyler/Vernon Hampton Westmoreland

The Red Line is a light rail line in the system of mass transit in Dallas, Texas (USA) operated by the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system. Along with the Blue Line, it is one of the original modern rail lines in Dallas.

The southwestern terminus of the line is at Westmoreland Station in southwest Dallas at the intersection of Illinois Avenue and Westmoreland Road. The line runs northeast, under the Dallas Convention Center and through downtown Dallas. Then the line follows Central Expressway (US 75) through north Dallas, Richardson and Plano, finally ending at the Parker Road Station at Park Boulevard near Central Expressway in Collin County.

The rail line was part of the initial launch of DART's light rail service in 1996. At the time, the line only ran from Westmoreland Station to Pearl Station in the northeast corner of downtown. In 1997, the Red Line was extended to Park Lane Station. On 18 December 2000, Cityplace Station, the southwest's first commercial subway station was opened along the Red Line underneath Cityplace Tower just northeast of downtown.

In 2002, the Red Line extended into Richardson, ending at Galatyn Park Station, extending the light rail service 9 miles (14.5 km) over its original length. Later that year, the line was opened to the Parker Road Station, an additional 3 miles (4.8 km) of track, its current terminus.

Stations

Daily Service

Listed from north to south

Station	Transfers	Station Type	Doors Open	Location
Parker Road	Orange Line*	Surface	Left	Plano
Downtown Plano	Orange Line*	Surface	Right
Bush Turnpike	Orange Line*	Surface	Right	Richardson
Galatyn Park	Orange Line*	Surface	Right
Arapaho Center	Orange Line*	Surface	Right
Spring Valley	Orange Line*	Elevated	Left
LBJ/Central	Orange Line*	Surface	Right	North Dallas	Dallas
Forest Lane	Orange Line*	Elevated	Left
Walnut Hill	Orange Line*	Elevated	Left
Park Lane	Orange Line*	Elevated	Left	Vickery Meadow
Lovers Lane	Orange Line*	Surface	Right	East Dallas
Mockingbird	Blue Line, Orange Line*	Recessed	Left
Cityplace	Blue Line, Orange Line*	Underground	Left	Cityplace, Oak Lawn
Pearl	Blue Line, Green Line, Orange Line	Surface	Left	City Center District
St. Paul	Blue Line, Green Line, Orange Line	Surface	Right
Akard	Blue Line, Green Line, Orange Line	Surface	Right
West End	Blue Line, Green Line, Orange Line	Surface	Right	West End Historic District
Union Station	Blue Line, Trinity Railway Express, Amtrak	Surface	Right	Reunion District
Convention Center	Blue Line	Surface	Right	Convention Center District
Cedars	Blue Line	Surface	Right	Cedars, South Dallas
8th & Corinth	Blue Line	Surface	Right	Oak Cliff
Dallas Zoo		Surface	Right
Tyler/Vernon		Surface	Right
Hampton		Surface	Right
Westmoreland		Surface	Either

* Orange Line only serves Pearl–Parker Road during the morning and evening rush hours.

Special Event Service

• Deep Ellum Station (Served regularly by Green Line, Orange Line)
• Baylor University Medical Center Station (Served regularly by Blue Line, Orange Line)
• Fair Park Station (Served regularly by Green Line, Orange Line)
• Victory Station (Also served by Blue Line, Green Line, Orange Line)

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  Cedars Station in the Cedars neighborhood of south Dallas

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  Union Station in the Reunion District of downtown

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  West End Station in the West End Historic District of downtown

External links

• Full DART System Map