Victory Station
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| Victory TRE commuter rail station DART light rail station |
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| Address | 2525 Victory Avenue Dallas, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32°47′23″N 96°48′45″W / 32.78972°N 96.8125°WCoordinates: 32°47′23″N 96°48′45″W / 32.78972°N 96.8125°W |
| Lines | Trinity Railway Express Green Line Red Line (special events) Blue Line (special events) Orange Line (future) |
| Connections | DART Routes 26*, 44*, and 49 (M-Sat) *Located on Field Street |
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| Opened | 2001 (Trinity Railway Express) 13 November 2004 (DART) |
| Accessible |  |
| Owned by | Dallas Area Rapid Transit |
| Fare zone | Eastern TRE Fare Zone (TRE) |
Victory Station is a mass transit station in Dallas, Texas (USA), serving both the Trinity Railway Express commuter rail and the light rail system operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART). Located along the Stemmons Corridor near the city's downtown and in Uptown, the station opened in 2001 in the Victory Park development as a temporary platform shortly after the opening of the American Airlines Center.
The station's location was the subject of much debate during the planning and construction of the American Airlines Center. DART originally wanted to extend light rail service up Houston Street, with a station between the proposed center and nearby upscale residential and office areas.[citation needed] But the Dallas City Council, backed by developer Tom Hicks and his Victory Park development partners, forced DART to locate Victory Station on the other side of the center, near the existing freight rail line and Interstate 35E.[dubious ]
On 2 October 2003, the temporary platform was replaced by a permanent platform for the Trinity Railway Express and a future expansion of DART's light rail system (the future Orange and Green Lines). Beginning on November 13, 2004, DART began offering special light rail service on the Red and Blue lines to Victory Station during special events, with the trains serving Victory Station displaying "DART" in their destination signs. Full-time light rail service at the station began on September 14, 2009, with the opening of the Green Line.
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