DART to open Green Line December 6

Completion of the 28-mile Green Line, the longest light rail construction project in North America, heralds a new era of choices for Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) passengers on December 6.

Completion of the Green
Line from Buckner Boulevard and Elam Road in southeast Dallas to Frankford Road
in Carrollton brings new opportunities and destinations, but also requires
numerous bus and rail changes to avoid duplication of service.

The debut of 15 new
stations along the $1.8-billion Green Line is the most prominent part of the
service change. The new stations on the southeast corridor in Dallas are
Hatcher, Lawnview, Lake June and Buckner stations. Market Center, Southwestern
Medical District/Parkland, Inwood/Love Field, Burbank, Bachman, Walnut
Hill/Denton, Royal Lane, Farmers Branch, Downtown Carrollton, Trinity Mills,
and North Carrollton/Frankford stations open on the northwest corridor of the
Green Line.

The Lake Highlands Station
makes its debut between White Rock and LBJ/Skillman stations on the Blue Line.
This is DART’s first infill station.

Red, Blue and Green line
trains will run every 15 minutes during rush hours instead of every 10 minutes.
Extra trains on the Red Line between Downtown Dallas and Parker Road, and on the
Green Line between Bachman Station and Downtown Dallas, will produce a 7
1/2-minute frequency during the heaviest a.m. and p.m. ridership periods and
new, through service between Bachman and Parker Road stations. Designated as
Orange Line trains, they will be extended to Irving when Orange Line operations
begin in 2012. Midday, evening and weekend frequencies will remain unchanged,
although specific departure and arrival times on all three lines may vary.

Fares for the Trinity
Railway Express (TRE) will not change. However the fare zone boundary is
shifting from the Dallas/Tarrant County line to CentrePort/DFW Airport Station.
The fare boundary will equalize fare options for both Dallas and Tarrant County
customers and makes it possible from customers from either side of the region
to travel to the airport for the same fare.