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Las Colinas Urban Center station is a DART light rail station in the Las Colinas development of Irving, Texas.It serves the Orange Line. [1] A connection with the Las Colinas APT used to serve the businesses and residents of the Las Colinas Urban Center.
The Las Colinas APT was envisioned as an automated circulator system for the developing Las Colinas Urban Center. The long range plan called for a total of 5 miles (8 km) of dual lane guideway and 20 stations. The system was to contain 3 inner loops and one outer loop, with passengers transferring between loops at four key interchanges.
The station opened on July 30, 2012, alongside the University of Dallas and Las Colinas Urban Center stations, [2] and served as the line's terminus until it was extended to Belt Line the following December. [8] At opening, the station (via its connection to North Irving Transit Center) was the only station on the Orange Line to contain parking ...
Irving is served by numerous bus routes and the North Irving Transit Center serves Las Colinas with express bus service to downtown Dallas. In July 2012, DART initiated Orange Line service to the Las Colinas Urban Center Station and Irving Convention Center Station. On December 3, 2012, North Lake College Station and Belt Line Station opened.
South Las Colinas station would be located on Teleport Boulevard near SH 114 and a former BNSF rail corridor. It would serve as an intermodal transit center between DART light rail, a proposed Las Colinas APT System extension, and a proposed commuter rail line on the BNSF corridor [26] that would run from Irving to Frisco. [29]
The Irving Convention Center is a 275,000 sq ft (25,500 m 2) facility on a 40 acres (16 ha) tract in Las Colinas Urban Center in Irving, Texas.Opened in January 2011, the convention center and the adjoining mixed use entertainment district are bordered on the west by Highway 114, on the east by Las Colinas Boulevard, on the north by Spur 348/Northwest Highway, and to the south by Fuller Drive.
The Irving Arts Center is a Smithsonian Affiliate. [64] The city owns and operates four historical museums: The Jackie Townsell Bear Creek Heritage Center, The Ruth Paine House Museum, and The Mustangs of Las Colinas Museum. [65] A fourth historical museum, the Irving Archives and Museum, opened in February, 2020. [66]
This area previously opposed rail service, so the tracks were built through the area without a station. Lake Highlands opened on December 6, 2010, becoming the first component of the 2030 plan to be completed and the first infill station in DART's system. [16] This is a key component of the new Lake Highlands Town Center TOD development. [17]