'Red Line'
Northbound Red Line train at Mockingbird Center
Info
Type	light rail
System	Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Status	operationable
Locale	Dallas, Texas
Terminals	Parker Road (north) Westmoreland (south)
No. of stations	25
Operation
Opened	June 1996
Owner	DART
Operator(s)	DART
Technical
Electrification	overhead catenary
Highest elevation	at grade, elevated, underground

Cedars Station in the Cedars neighborhood of south Dallas

The Red Line is a light rail line in the system of mass transit in Dallas, Texas (USA) operated by the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system. Along with the Blue Line, it was one of the original rail lines in Dallas.

The southwestern terminus of the line is at Westmoreland Station in southwest Dallas at the intersection of Illinois Avenue and Westmoreland Road. The line runs northeast, under the Dallas Convention Center and through downtown Dallas. Then the line follows Central Expressway (US 75) through north Dallas, Richardson and Plano, finally ending at the Parker Road Station at Park Boulevard near Central Expressway in Collin County.

Union Station in the Reunion District of downtown

The rail line was part of the initial launch of DART's light rail service in 1996. At the time, the line only ran from Westmoreland Station to Pearl Station in the northeast corner of downtown. In 1997, the Red Line was extended to Park Lane Station. On 18 December 2000, Cityplace Station, the southwest's first commercial subway station was opened along the Red Line underneath Cityplace Tower just northeast of downtown.

In 2002, the Red Line extended into Richardson, ending at Galatyn Park Station, extending the light rail service nine miles over its original length. Later that year, the line would be opened to the Parker Road Station, an additional three miles of track, its current terminus.

Stations

West End Station in the West End Historic District of downtown

Listed from north to south

• Parker Road Station in Plano
• Downtown Plano Station in Plano
• Bush Turnpike Station in Richardson
• Galatyn Park Station in Richardson
• Arapaho Center Station in Richardson
• Spring Valley Station in Richardson
• LBJ/Central Station in Lake Highlands, Dallas
• Forest Lane Station in Lake Highlands, Dallas
• Walnut Hill Station in Lake Highlands, Dallas
• Park Lane Station in Lake Highlands, Dallas
• Lovers Lane Station in north Dallas
• Mockingbird Station in north Dallas
• Cityplace Station in Cityplace, Oak Lawn, Dallas
• Pearl Station in the City Center District of downtown Dallas
• St. Paul Station in the City Center District of downtown Dallas
• Akard Station in the City Center District of downtown Dallas
• West End Station in the West End Historic District of downtown Dallas
• Union Station in the Reunion District of downtown Dallas
• Convention Center Station in the Convention Center District of downtown Dallas
• Cedars Station in the Cedars neighborhood of south Dallas
• 8th & Corinth Station in south Dallas
• Dallas Zoo Station in Oak Cliff, Dallas
• Tyler/Vernon Station in Oak Cliff, Dallas
• Hampton Station in Oak Cliff, Dallas
• Westmoreland Station in Oak Cliff, Dallas

External links

• Map of the Red Line (to scale)
• Full DART System Map

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