DART Rail turning 20

DART Rail turning 20

The numbers surrounding the 20th anniversary of the launch of DART Rail are notable:

  • More than 360 million passenger trips
  • 90 miles of rail (longest system in the country)
  • $8 billion in economic impact
  • $5 billion in private transit oriented development at or near rail stations.

But even more impressive, the still-growing rail network “is changing the way the region grows and how North Texans live,” DART President/Executive Director Gary Thomas said. “DART Rail is delivering new development in every community we serve. Dallas is enjoying a renewed downtown, new destinations, and better access to healthcare. Carrollton, Farmers Branch, Garland, Irving, Plano, Richardson and Rowlett each have new, vibrant transit-oriented communities that are gaining national attention,” he added.

DART Rail debuted on June 14, 1996 with an 11-mile network of Red and Blue lines that extended from Pearl Station in the north, through downtown Dallas to 8th and Corinth Station where the two lines separated. The Blue Line continued mostly due south to Illinois Station and the Red Line went south and southwest to Westmoreland Station, all within the Dallas city limits. Today, DART Rail is 90 miles long and has 62 stations in eight cities. – See more at: http://www.dart.org/news/news.asp?ID=1246#sthash.uJpW1xwW.dpuf

The numbers alone surrounding the 20th anniversary of the launch of DART Rail are notable:

  • More than 360 million passenger trips
  • 90 miles of rail (longest system in the country)
  • $8 billion in economic impact
  • $5 billion in private transit oriented development at or near rail stations.

But even more impressive, the still-growing rail network “is changing the way the region grows and how North Texans live,” DART President/Executive Director Gary Thomas said. “DART Rail is delivering new development in every community we serve. Dallas is enjoying a renewed downtown, new destinations, and better access to healthcare. Carrollton, Farmers Branch, Garland, Irving, Plano, Richardson and Rowlett each have new, vibrant transit-oriented communities that are gaining national attention,” he added.

DART Rail debuted on June 14, 1996 with an 11-mile network of Red and Blue lines that extended from Pearl Station in the north, through downtown Dallas to 8th and Corinth Station where the two lines separated. The Blue Line continued mostly due south to Illinois Station and the Red Line went south and southwest to Westmoreland Station, all within the Dallas city limits. Today, DART Rail is 90 miles long and has 62 stations in eight cities. – See more at: http://www.dart.org/news/news.asp?ID=1246#sthash.uJpW1xwW.dpuf

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