Downtown Garland station
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Downtown Garland | |||||||||||
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| DART light rail station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 430 W. Walnut Street[1] Garland, Texas | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°54′58.68″N 96°38′7.12″W / 32.9163000°N 96.6353111°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Dallas Area Rapid Transit | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platform | ||||||||||
| Connections |  DART: 22, 200, 202, 203, 224, 238, 250, and 251 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 540 spaces[1] | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 6 lockers,[2] 3 racks | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | November 3, 1975[3] (bus) November 18, 2002[4] (rail) | ||||||||||
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Downtown Garland station (previously North Garland Transit Center and Garland Central Transit Center) is a DART Light Rail station located in Garland, Texas. The station is located at the intersection of Fifth Street and Walnut Street in Garland's historic downtown district, two blocks north of the town square.
The station serves the Blue Line. The station is also a major bus transfer facility for the city, with bus routes connecting to the South Garland and Lake Ray Hubbard transit centers.
History[edit]
North Garland/Garland Central[edit]
In 1975, the city of Garland announced plans for an express bus service between Garland and Downtown Dallas, which would be operated by the Dallas Transit System. As part of the service, the city built a 312-space park-and-ride lot in downtown Garland at the corner of Fifth and Walnut, which opened on November 3, 1975.[5][3]
In 1993, DART built a new station building and renamed the facility to Garland Central Transit Center.[6]
Downtown Garland[edit]
On November 18, 2002, the Blue Line was extended to Garland Central Transit Center, and the station was renamed to Downtown Garland.[4] The station served as the northern terminus of the Blue Line until 2012, when the line was extended to Downtown Rowlett.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Downtown Garland Station". Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
- ^ "Bicycle Parking". Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
- ^ a b "Traffic and Transit Tips: Transit". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. November 3, 1973. pp. 8C – via NewsBank.
- ^ a b Abshire, Richard; Hartzel, Tony (November 17, 2002). "DART pulling into Garland: Rail line to link 2 stations with downtown Dallas on Monday". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 33A – via NewsBank.
- ^ Watson, Dan (January 16, 1975). "Garland requests park, ride funding". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 16A – via NewsBank.
- ^ "Metro Report: Work under way on new DART center in Garland". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. February 15, 1993. pp. 22A – via NewsBank.
- ^ Leszcynski, Ray (December 4, 2012). "Big day for DART as routes are extended to Rowlett, D/FW Airport". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013.
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