Red Line (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)

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'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

Operation

Opened

June 1996

Owner

DART

Operator(s)

DART

Technical

Electrification

overhead catenary

Highest elevation

at grade, elevated, underground

Line map

	Legend
				Transfer to Trinity Railway Express
				Transfer to Green Line
				Transfer to Blue Line
				All stations ADA accessible
				Station under construction
				Parking

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.