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DART light rail station
General information
Location1412 South Trunk Avenue
Dallas, TX 75210
Coordinates32°46′26″N 96°45′52″W / 32.773754°N 96.764575°W / 32.773754; -96.764575
Owned byDART
Line(s)
  Green Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsDART Routes 12, 26, 50, 409 and 595
Construction
Parking200 spaces
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedSeptember 14, 2009[1]
Passengers
20120.378 million Increase 39.4%
Services
Preceding station   DART   Following station
Template:DART lines

MLK Jr. is a station on the Green Line of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) light rail system in Dallas, Texas. Situated in the neighborhood of South Dallas, MLK Jr. acts as a transfer point to numerous buses at the nearby J.B. Jackson Jr. Transit Center. Since opening in 2009, ridership has grown substantially to 1,153 riders each weekday.[2]

Location

MLK Jr. station is located within the South Dallas area, specifically at the intersection of Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard and South Trunk Avenue. The area's largest attraction is Fair Park, from which MLK Jr. station is two blocks to the south. Additionally, a number of small businesses and public facilities are in the vicinity of the station.

Transit-oriented development

As with other DART stations, particularly within the inner sections of Dallas, the City of Dallas has encouraged transit-oriented development in station-proximate parcels to boost economic development. MLK Jr. is one of the City's five prime targets for encouraging mixed-use development near DART; the station area plan released in February 2013 aims to focus growth in an "urban mixed-use area" encompassing vacant lots directly south of the station as well as designating Grand Avenue, Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard and Robert B Cullum Boulevard as corridors to upgrade to complete streets or secondary streetscape areas.[3]

History

Upon its opening on September 14, 2009, MLK Jr. station served as the southern terminus for the Green Line until its second phase to Buckner, where it currently ends, opened on December 6, 2010.[4][5][6]

Station layout

MLK Jr. station utilizes a side platform setup with two tracks. Pedestrian access is provided by entrances to sidewalks on Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard, South Trunk Avenue and South Boulevard.

Artwork

The station is rich with art and architecture expressing the history of the South Dallas neighborhood and the African heritage claimed by most of its residents.

References

  1. ^ Mosier, Jeff (September 13, 2009). "Dallas rail passengers get sneak preview of new Green Line". The Dallas Morning News.
  2. ^ DART reference book 2013 DART Retrieved 2013-12-01
  3. ^ MLK station area plan Dallas TOD Retrieve 2013-12-01
  4. ^ DART Green Line Expansion Information.
  5. ^ Visser, Nancy; Bruce Tomaso (June 9, 2009). "DART hosts riders as it tests span of Green Line project". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
  6. ^ Lindenberger, Michael A. (December 5, 2010). "New Green Line 'starts to complete' DART vision". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
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