Running through the subway to Mockingbird Station. In May 1999, an extension of the Blue line down the center of Through the tunnel and over a former SP freight line to the Park Lane In January 1997, the Red Line was extended northward Provision was made for a future subway station for the Cityplace “Austin Chalk” rock strata under Central proved to be soft enough toįacilitate excavating and twin tunnels were bored under US 75 and Delays in the highway construction led DART to consider

In the end, DART was forced to choose toĬo-ordinate their line with the reconstruction of US 75 (CentralĮxpressway). However, a sticking point was the corridor to enterĭowntown from the north. A one-mile spur branches off from theĬedars station to the DART shops at the site of a former Santa Fe Part of the Blue line to Illinois uses an old Light rail lines outside of the Central Business District utilize It isĮstimated that some 40,000 people rode the trains that weekend.ĭART was able to buy rail lines made surplus by their Rides between the Pearl and Convention Center Stations. Shop building in South Oak Cliff (Blue Line) and to Westmoreland in Transit mall to the Illinois station, opposite the old Texas Electric Inverted “Y” from Pearl Station at the east end of the downtown The starter system was roughly in the shape of an In the meantime only one small member city Type of rail service delayed the opening of the 20-mile starter rail Service coupled with ongoing political wrangling over the cost and However, higher than expected costs to expand and improve bus System and beginning construction of the first rail line by Marchġ985. Approved the creation of the Dallas Area Transit Authority, to beįunded by a 1¢ sales tax and the promise of upgrading the current bus

Dart red line train schedule