| Park Lane | |||||||||||
| Style: | Dallas Area Rapid Transit | ||||||||||
| Type: | DART light rail station | ||||||||||
| Address: | 8169 Park Lane | ||||||||||
| Borough: | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 32.8728°N -96.7658°W | ||||||||||
| Connections: | DART:,, and North Central Dallas GoLink Zone (M-Sun),, | ||||||||||
| Platform: | Island (elevated) | ||||||||||
| Parking: | 320 spaces[1] | ||||||||||
| Bicycle: | 2 bike lockers,[2] 1 bike rack | ||||||||||
| Opened: | January 10, 1997 (at-grade)[3] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt: | June 17, 2002 (elevated)[4] | ||||||||||
| Accessible: | Yes | ||||||||||
| Owned: | Dallas Area Rapid Transit | ||||||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||||
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Park Lane is a DART Light Rail station in northern Dallas, Texas. The elevated station is located at the intersection of Park Lane and Greenville Avenue, about 0.2miles east of North Central Expressway (US 75). The station serves the Red Line and Orange Line.
The station serves the southern portions of the Vickery Meadow neighborhood,[5] as well as several shopping centers, most notably The Shops at Park Lane. NorthPark Center, which is located on the opposite side of US 75, is serviced by a shuttle bus.[6]
Plans for a station on Park Lane date back to 1990 as the northern terminus of a 20miles starter system. Two potential locations for the station were considered: one south of Park Lane near the NorthPark East office complex (since replaced by The Shops at Park Lane), and one north of Park Lane near a (now-closed) United Artists theater.[7] After a 1990 study determined that the line may require grade separation when crossing Park Lane to prevent traffic congestion,[8] DART ultimately chose to build a temporary[9] ground-level platform at the NorthPark East location, which would not require crossing Park Lane until the line was extended further north.
The station opened on January 10, 1997, as the northern terminus of the Red Line. It, along with the Mockingbird and Lovers Lane stations, was originally intended to open 6 months prior, but all stations north of Downtown Dallas were delayed due to issues with a subway tunnel between the Mockingbird and Pearl stations.[10]
Construction on the Red Line's second northern extension, including a bridge over Park Lane and a permanent elevated station, began in April 1999.[11] DART opted to build the new station on the northern side of the road. Local artists Vicki Meek and John Christensen decorated the station with an "urban oasis" theme.[12] It opened to passenger service on June 17, 2002, two weeks before the extension to the Galatyn Park station opened, becoming the first elevated station on the DART light rail system.
The original station closed, but DART retains it as a private storage corridor., the original station's platform signage is still present.