ADDITIONAL LINKS

DART Rail 25th Anniversary Photos

Key dates:

Starter Line
Blue: Illinois to Pearl/Arts District: June 1996
Red: Westmoreland to Pearl/Arts District: June 1996

Red Line
Pearl/Arts District to Park Lane: January 1997
Cityplace/Uptown Station: December 2000
Park Lane to Galatyn Park: July 2002
Galatyn Park to Parker Road: December 2002

Blue Line
Illinois to Ledbetter: May 1997
Pearl/Arts District to White Rock: September 2001
White Rock to Downtown Garland: November 2002
Lake Highlands Station: December 2010
Downtown Garland to Downtown Rowlett: December 2012
Ledbetter to UNT Dallas: October 2016

Green Line
Victory to MLK, Jr.: September 2009
Victory to Frankford: December 2010
MLK, Jr. to Buckner: December 2010

Orange Line
LBJ/Central to Bachman: December 2010
Bachman to Irving Convention Center: July 2012
Irving Convention Center to Belt Line: December 2012
Belt Line to DFW Airport: August 2014
Hidden Ridge Station: April 2021

A look back through the past 25 years...

Ready to Build...
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SMU/Mockingbird Station construction
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Akard Station construction
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DART Rail vehicle
at the 1995
State Fair of Texas
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DART Rail
Start Up Team
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DART Rail
Opening Day (1996)
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Now Arriving
Akard Station (1996)
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Now Arriving
(1996)
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West End Station
Opening Day (1996)
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EBJ Union Station
Opening Day (1996)
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US Secretary of Transportation Federico Peña on Opening Day (1996)
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DART Rail
tunnel construction
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Cityplace/Uptown Station
Ribbon Cutting (2000)
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Blue Line Test Train
to White Rock (2001)
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Spring Valley Station
construction (2002)
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Super Saturday Opening at Galatyn Park Station (2002)
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Red Line Test Train
to Plano (2002)
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CityLine/Bush Station
(2002)
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Downtown Plano
Station (2002)
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Parker Road Station (2002)
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Garland
Test Train (2002)
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Forest/Jupiter
Station (2002)
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Downtown Garland Station (2002)
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MLK, Jr. Station Groundbreaking (2003)
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Victory Station
Test Train (2004)
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Victory Station
Celebration (2004)
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C-Car
Insert Delivery (2008)
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Green Line catenary installation (2008)
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Fair Park Station
Ribbon Cutting (2009)
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Lake June Station
construction (2009)
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Buckner Station
test train (2010)
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Farmers Branch Station construction (2009)
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Downtown Carrollton Station
construction (2009)
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Lake Highlands Station Opening (2010)
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Downtown Rowlett Station Construction (2011)
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DART's 250 millionth customer,
Don Johnson (2012)
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Irving Live Wire
Test Train (2012)
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Orange Line Inaugural Train to Irving (2012)
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Orange Line to Irving Opening (2012)
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Orange Line to DFW Construction (2013)
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UNT Dallas Station Groundbreaking (2014)
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Downtown Dallas Rail Replacement Project (2014)
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DFW Airport Station Ribbon Cutting Celebration (2014)
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Blue Line to UNT Dallas Station construction (2016)
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Ledbetter Station
Platform
Extension (2016)
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UNT Dallas
Station
(opened 2016)
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Hidden Ridge
Station
Opening (2021)
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Akard Station (Dallas) High resolution JPG	Arapaho Center Station (Richardson) High resolution JPG	Baylor University Medical Center Station (Dallas) High resolution JPG

Burbank Station (Dallas) High resolution JPG	Camp Wisdom Station (Dallas) High resolution JPG	CityLine/Bush Station (Richardson) High resolution JPG

Cityplace/Uptown Station (Dallas) High resolution JPG	Deep Ellum Station (Dallas) High resolution JPG	Downtown Carrollton Station (Carrollton) High resolution JPG

Downtown Garland Station (Garland) High resolution JPG	Downtown Plano Station (Plano) High resolution JPG	Downtown Rowlett Station (Rowlett) High resolution JPG

Downtown Rowlett Station (Rowlett) High resolution JPG	Fair Park Station (Dallas) High resolution JPG	Farmers Branch Station (Farmers Branch) High resolution JPG

Farmers Branch Station (Farmers Branch) High resolution JPG	Forest/Jupiter Station (Garland) High resolution JPG	Galatyn Park Station (Richardson) High resolution JPG

Inwood/Love Field Station (Dallas) High resolution JPG	Irving Convention Center Station (Irving) High resolution JPG	Las Colinas Urban Center Station (Irving) High resolution JPG

LBJ/Central Station (Dallas) High resolution JPG	LBJ/Skillman Station (Dallas) High resolution JPG	MLK, Jr. Station (Dallas) High resolution JPG

North Carrollton/Frankford Station (Carrollton) High resolution JPG	North Lake College Station (Irving) High resolution JPG	Parker Road Station (Plano) High resolution JPG

SMU/Mockingbird Station (Dallas) High resolution JPG	Southwestern Medical District/Parkland Station (Dallas) High resolution JPG	Trinity Mills Station (Carrollton) High resolution JPG

Tyler/Vernon Station (Dallas) High resolution JPG	University of Dallas Station (Irving) High resolution JPG	Victory Station (Dallas) High resolution JPG