Forest Lane station
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Forest Lane station is a DART light rail station in northeastern Dallas, Texas. The elevated station, which serves the Red Line and Orange Line, is located on Forest Lane, 1⁄3 mile (0.54 km) east of North Central Expressway (US 75) and 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway (I-635).[1]
The station serves the Medical City Dallas hospital complex, the Cottonwood Trail, and the Hamilton Park neighborhood.[1] In tribute to the largely African-American population of Hamilton Park, the station features a sculpture dedicated to African-Americans who fought against housing segregation.[3][4]
History
North Central Transit Center
Northeastern Dallas was originally serviced by the North Central Transit Center, a park-and-ride bus station located between North Central Expressway and Coit Road. The transit center was announced by the Texas Department of Transportation in 1983, several months before DART's formation; it was opened in 1985.[5]
The lot consisted of an air-conditioned waiting area and 1,300 parking spaces.[5] In addition to servicing DART, the center was intended to service Surtran,[5] a municipal bus service connecting Dallas to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, but Surtran was discontinued in 1985.[6]
The lot was closed after Forest Lane opened in 2002,[7] with all its bus routes moving to Forest Lane station. The lot was left unused for several years before it was redeveloped; it is currently the location of a Costco store.
Forest Lane
Forest Lane station opened on July 1, 2002, as part of the Red Line's second major expansion.[3] The Saturday before, an opening ceremony, dubbed "Super Saturday", was held at both the Forest Lane and Arapaho Center stations.[8]
In May 2011, the Cottonwood Trail was extended south from North Central Expressway to the White Rock Creek Trail. The extension included a trailhead at Forest Lane, which was the first trailhead to be located at any DART station.[9]
References
- ^ a b c "Forest Lane Station". Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ "Bicycle Parking". Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
- ^ a b c Hartzel, Tony (June 2, 2002). "DART light-rail stations reach new level". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 36A – via NewsBank.
- ^ "DART Gallery: A Collection of Public Art" (PDF). Dallas Area Rapid Transit. p. 22.
- ^ a b c Myerson, Allen R. (May 10, 1983). "State to build N. Dallas bus complex". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 1A – via NewsBank.
- ^ "Scope and Content". DART and the Dallas Transit System, 1971-1987. Dallas Municipal Archives.
- ^ "DART Changes". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. June 23, 2002. pp. 32A – via NewsBank.
- ^ Post, Sarah (June 27, 2002). "Events to mark changes rolling into town - Residents to celebrate light rail's arrival, new home for Wildflower!". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 1R.
- ^ Simnacher, Joe (July 5, 2011). "Dallas on path to improved trails". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. B1 – via NewsBank.
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