Belt Line station explained

Belt Line
Style:Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Address:5800 Valley View Ln.
Irving, TX 75063
Coordinates:32.8876°N -96.9872°W
Structure:At Grade
Parking:597 spaces
Accessible:Yes
Owned:Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-light
Zoom:15

Belt Line station is a DART Light Rail station in Irving, Texas. The station is located on the property of Dallas Fort Worth International Airport[1] near the intersection of Belt Line Road and President George Bush Turnpike.

The station serves the Orange Line.[2] It is also a hub for Cypress Waters GoLink, an on-demand service in the nearby Cypress Waters development.[3] Until the opening of DFW Airport station, it was the westernmost terminus of the Orange Line.

History

Belt Line station was opened on December 3, 2012 as the western terminus of the Orange Line's first expansion. Bus route 500 was established to connect the station to DFW Airport.[4]

At opening, Belt Line participated in DART's Fair Share Parking program, which charged a daily parking fee for patrons that did not live in DART member cities.[5] The program also offered overnight parking at a cost of $7–9 per day, roughly equivalent to the daily fees charged by DFW Airport for remote parking.[6] The program was retired on April 2, 2014.

On August 18, 2014, the Orange Line was expanded to DFW Airport station[7] and route 500 was redirected to service Cypress Waters.[8] On January 24, 2022, as part of a larger reorganization of DART's bus network, route 500 was replaced with GoLink, a microtransit service.[9] [10]

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Notes and References

  1. Northwest Corridor Light Rail Transit Line to Irving and DFW Airport in Dallas County, Texas: Final Impact Statement . https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1148401/ . report . July 17, 2008 . . 2–25 . DART Historical Archive . The Portal to Texas History . University of North Texas.
  2. Web site: Belt Line Station . 2024-01-25 . . en.
  3. Web site: Cypress Waters . 2024-01-25 . . en.
  4. Web site: Leszcynski . Ray . 2012-12-04 . Big day for DART as routes are extended to Rowlett, D/FW Airport . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060520/http://www.dallasnews.com/news/transportation/20121203-dart-blue-line-launches-long-awaited-rail-service-in-rowlett.ece . 2013-09-21 . . A. H. Belo Corporation.
  5. News: Formby . Brandon . 2014-03-31 . DART ends paid parking . . . NewsBank.
  6. News: 2012-06-27 . DART to provide shuttle service to D/FW Airport . . . 4 . NewsBank.
  7. Web site: Formby . Brandon . 2014-08-18 . It’s official: DART trains are now rolling into Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083512/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2014/08/trains-are-rolling-into-dfw-airport.html/ . 2014-08-19 . . A. H. Belo Corporation.
  8. News: Formby . Brandon . 2014-06-28 . DFW Airport Station triggers several DART train, bus changes . . . NewsBank.
  9. Web site: Wilson . Solomon . 2021-09-22 . DART Has A Plan To Change Public Transit In Dallas With New Routes And More Frequent Service . 2024-05-29 . . North Texas Public Broadcasting . en.
  10. Web site: Find My New Route . 2024-05-29 . DARTzoom . . en.

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