SMU/Mockingbird station

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DART Light Rail station
The station from above
General information
Location	5465 East Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, Texas 75206
Coordinates	32.837874°N 96.774922°W / 32.837874; -96.774922
Owned by	Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Line(s)	Red Line   Blue Line   Orange Line
Platforms	island platform
Connections	DART Routes 1, 21, 24, 76, Template:DART RFB (M-F), and 768 Shuttles (Mustang Express) (M-F) Lakewood GoLink Zone {{{3}}} (M-F) Park Cities GoLink Zone {{{3}}} (M-F) Katy Trail
Construction
Structure type	Trenched
Parking	708 free spaces, no overnight
Bicycle facilities	6 lockers, 9 racks
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	January 10, 1997
Services
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Mockingbird station is a DART Light Rail station in Dallas, Texas. It is located at Mockingbird Lane and North Central Expressway (US 75) in North Dallas. It opened in January 1997 and is a station on the Blue, Red, and Orange Lines, serving the Mockingbird Station residential and retail development and nearby Southern Methodist University.

Mockingbird has the highest density population within three miles of any mass transit station in Texas. It is also the northernmost DART station serving both the Red and Blue lines; from this point the lines diverge with the Red line heading north and the Blue line heading northeast.

Transit-oriented development adjacent to, and eponymous with, the station

A northbound train at the station

Mall

Texas' first Transit Oriented Development took place around this station. A few years after it was built, developers got together and designed the master plan for Mockingbird Station. This included an outdoor mall surrounding the station, which is one of the key points about the whole station. This brought new life to the area, spurring more development around the station. "What has done most to kindle interest in Dallas’s growing (and increasingly traffic-choked) suburbs is the TOD success story at Mockingbird Station. North of downtown Dallas, the Mockingbird Station capitalized on private developer initiative, a good site, strong local demographics, and an abundance of adjacent regional attractions."

Mockingbird Station offers retail, restaurants, services, and entertainment options for travelers, along with loft apartments and an office building. Events are held on a regular basis and are open to the public. DTZ manages the property and Madison Marquette manages leasing initiatives. (Cassidy Turley managed the property until it merged into the DTZ brand in January 2015.)

External links

• Dallas Area Rapid Transit - Mockingbird Station
• www.MockingbirdStation.com - the adjoining residential and retail development