Light rail line in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas
Blue Line
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Owner
| DART
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Locale
| Dallas
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Texas
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Termini
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Stations
| 23
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Type
| Light rail
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System
| DART Light Rail
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Operator(s)
| DART
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Opened
| June 1996
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Line length
| 26.8 mi (43.1 km)
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Track gauge
| 4 ft
8
+
1
⁄
2
in
(
1,435 mm
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Electrification
| Overhead catenary
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Highest elevation
| At grade, elevated, underground
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The
Blue Line
is a
light rail
line in the system of
mass transit
in
Dallas
,
Texas
(
USA
), operated by the
Dallas Area Rapid Transit
system. Along with the
Red Line
, it is one of the original modern rail lines in Dallas.
Route
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The southern terminus of the line is currently at
UNT Dallas
in south Dallas at University Hills Blvd. just south of Camp Wisdom Rd. The line runs north, under the
Dallas Convention Center
and through downtown Dallas. After leaving
Mockingbird
, the line diverts to the northeast towards
White Rock Lake
. The line then goes north and then east into
Garland
, finally ending in
Rowlett
.
History
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The rail line was part of the initial launch of DART's light rail service in 1996. At the time, the line only ran from
Illinois
to
Pearl
in the northeast corner of downtown. In May 1997, the Blue Line was extended south to Ledbetter and was extended along the Red Line to Mockingbird in September 1999, in preparation for the future extension to Garland.
On September 24, 2001, the Blue Line extended to
White Rock
, just northwest of
White Rock Lake
. On May 6, 2002, the Blue Line was extended to the
LBJ/Skillman
, just beyond
LBJ Freeway (Interstate 635)
. It was extended to
Downtown Garland
on November 18, 2002, and to its current northern terminus,
Downtown Rowlett
, on December 3, 2012.
[1]
DART's 2030 Transit System Plan, approved in October 2006, calls for the Blue Line to be extended south beyond Ledbetter to the
University of North Texas at Dallas
, as well as a branch along Bonnie View road to
Interstate 20
and the SouthPort Intermodal Terminal. The plan also includes a new
Lake Highlands
station near Skillman Street and Walnut Hill Lane, which opened as DART's second infill station in December 2010.
[2]
In October 2014, construction began for a 2.6-mile extension south from Ledbetter station to the
University of North Texas at Dallas
, adding two new stations to the line:
Camp Wisdom
and
UNT Dallas
. The extension opened for service on October 24, 2016.
[3]
[4]
Future plans
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The
D2 Subway
is planned to be implemented in 2028 and will reroute the Blue Line off of the downtown transit corridor and over the former Green Line's western segment to terminate at
North Carrollton/Frankford station
.
Stations
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Daily Service
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- Listed from north to south
Station
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Other lines
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Opened
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Notes
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Downtown Rowlett
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December 3, 2012
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Northern terminus
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Downtown Garland
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November 18, 2002
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Forest/Jupiter
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LBJ/Skillman
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Lake Highlands
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December 6, 2010
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White Rock
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September 24, 2001
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SMU/Mockingbird
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January 10, 1997
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Northernmost transfer for Red and Orange Lines
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Cityplace/Uptown
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December 18, 2000
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Transfer to
M-Line Trolley
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Pearl/Arts District
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June 14, 1996
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Easternmost transfer for Green Line
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St. Paul
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Transfer to
M-Line Trolley
(one block north)
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Akard
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West End
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Westernmost transfer station for Orange and Green Lines
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EBJ Union Station
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Transfer to
Dallas Streetcar
,
Trinity Railway Express
, and
Amtrak
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Convention Center
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Cedars
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8th & Corinth
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Southernmost transfer for Red Line
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Morrell
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Illinois
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Kiest
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May 31, 1997
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VA Medical Center
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Ledbetter
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Camp Wisdom
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October 24, 2016
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UNT Dallas
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Southern terminus
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Special Event Service
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Deferred
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Gallery
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Southbound Blue Line train at
Akard
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References
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- ^
DART Blue Line launches long-awaited rail service in Rowlett
Archived
September 21, 2013, at the
Wayback Machine
. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
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The Dallas Morning News
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DART green-lights 40 miles of new rail
. Originally published October 25, 2006. Retrieved November 5, 2006.
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Railway Track & Structures (October 21, 2016).
"DART readies to open Blue Line extension to South Oak Cliff area"
. Simmons-Boardman Publishing Inc
. Retrieved
October 21,
2016
.
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Barrow, Keith (October 20, 2016).
"Dallas inaugurates LRT Blue Line extension"
.
International Railway Journal
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"
Northeast Corridor: Final Local Environmental Assessment (Final LEA)
" [report]. DART Historical Archive, pp. 1-25, 1-26. The Portal to Texas History,
University of North Texas
.
External links
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