Downtown Carrollton station explained

Downtown Carrollton

Style:

Dallas Area Rapid Transit

Address:

1013 North Denton Drive
Carrollton, Texas 75006

Coordinates:

32.9546°N -96.9084°W

Connections:

DART Route

Structure:

Elevated

Parking:

253 spaces

Opened:

December 6, 2010^[1]

Accessible:

Yes

Other Services Header:

Future services

Other Services Collapsible:

yes

Other Services2 Header:

Former services

Other Services2 Collapsible:

yes

Mapframe:

yes

Mapframe-Custom:

Shape:	none
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Marker:	rail-light
Marker-Color:	000
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Downtown Carrollton station is a DART Light Rail station in Carrollton, Texas. It serves the DART .^[2] This station will serve as an inaugural stop on the Silver Line.^[3] ^[4]

History

The station is at the junction of several rail lines. The Green Line utilizes a segment of the former Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad. The Cotton Belt and Burlington Northern Santa Fe lines also crossed here.

The former 1924-built Carrollton Missouri–Kansas–Texas Depot was moved to accommodate the new light rail line.^[5] The DART station opened as part of the Green Line's expansion on December 6, 2010.

External links

Dallas Area Rapid Transit - Downtown Carrollton Station

Notes and References

News: Michael A. . Lindenberger . The Dallas Morning News . New Green Line 'starts to complete' DART vision . December 5, 2010 . December 7, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101208030805/http://www.dallasnews.com:80/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/120510dnmetgreenmain.1bf8a3c.html . 8 December 2010.
http://www.dart.org/about/expansion/greenline.asp DART Green Line Expansion Information
News: Shattles . Gordon . Silver Line work progresses in Carrollton . 11 July 2021 . DART . Carrollton Leader . February 27, 2021.
Web site: DART.org - DART Rail Expansion Maps. www.dart.org. 2019-07-09.
News: Nonprofit works to restore interior of old Carrollton train depot . 11 July 2021 . The Dallas Morning News . May 23, 2014.