Downtown Carrollton | |||||||||||||
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Location | 1013 North Denton Drive Carrollton, Texas 75006 | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°57′16″N96°54′30″W / 32.954572°N 96.908353°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Dallas Area Rapid Transit | ||||||||||||
Platforms | Island platform | ||||||||||||
Connections | DART Route 229 Western Carrollton GoLink Zone (M-F) | ||||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||
Parking | 253 spaces | ||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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Opened | December 6, 2010 [1] | ||||||||||||
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Downtown Carrollton station is a DART light rail station in Carrollton, Texas. It serves the DART Green Line. [2] This station will serve as an inaugural stop on the Silver Line. [3] [4]
The station is at the junction of several rail lines. The Green Line utilizes a segment of the former Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad. [5] The Cotton Belt and Burlington Northern Santa Fe lines also crossed here.
The former 1924-built Carrollton Missouri–Kansas–Texas Depot was moved 300 feet (91 m) to accommodate the new light rail line. [5] The DART station opened as part of the Green Line's expansion on December 6, 2010. [1]
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