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DART was created on August 13, 1983, as a regional replacement for the DTS (Although the name "Dallas Area Rapid Transit" was intended to reflect the new agency's coverage of the greater Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, its acronym DART almost immediately evoked comparisons to San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit system, known as BART).
DART's initial plans called for 160 miles (257.5 km) of commuter rail. The election plan was pared down to 147 miles (236.6 km) when Duncanville, Grand Prairie and Mesquite, which would have had rail lines, opted out of joining the agency. DART chose light rail transit as its primary mode of rail transportation. The plan was pared down again to ...
All but one of the stations along the DART network are open-air structures featuring passenger canopies for protection from adverse weather conditions. [1] Stations with side platforms typically have dimensions of 300 feet (91 m) long by 17 feet (5.2 m) wide, while stations with an island platform typically have dimensions of 300 feet (91 m ...
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.
On February 9, 2007, a trench collapsed during construction on the line killing one construction worker. [7]On March 12, 2007, the City of Dallas officials and DART made an agreement to make Burbank Station (formerly Love Field Station) a surface-level facility after a long debate of whether or not to make it an underground station.
D2 Subway is a proposed 2.4 miles (3.9 km) expansion of the DART light rail system in metropolitan Dallas, Texas, in the United States.The subway would run from the existing Victory station, tunneling underground through the city center of downtown Dallas, and connect to the existing tunnel under Cityplace.
This is a route-map template for the DART Underground, a railway in the Republic of Ireland.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.