Inwood/Love Field station

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Inwood/Love Field station platform
General information
Location2720 Inwood Road
Dallas, Texas
Coordinates 32°49′19″N96°50′00″W / 32.821808°N 96.833221°W / 32.821808; -96.833221
Owned by Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Bus stands5
Connections Bus-logo.svg DART: 5 (Love Link), 103, 207, 222, Park Cities GoLink Zone (daily)
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking385 spaces [1]
Bicycle facilities2 bike lockers, [2] 1 bike rack
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedDecember 6, 2010 (2010-12-06) [3]
Passengers
FY22907 (avg. weekday) [4]  Increase2.svg 19.8%
Services
Preceding station Dallas Area Rapid Transit logo.svg Dallas Area Rapid Transit Following station
Burbank
toward North Carrollton/Frankford
Green Line Southwestern Medical District/Parkland
toward Buckner
Burbank
toward DFW Airport
Orange Line Southwestern Medical District/Parkland
toward Parker Road
Location
Inwood/Love Field station

Inwood/Love Field station is a DART Light Rail station in Dallas, Texas. The elevated station is located at the intersection of Inwood Road and Denton Drive in the western end of the Oak Lawn neighborhood. The station is served by the Green Line and the Orange Line. [1]

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The station is the rail system's main connection to Dallas Love Field, though it is not located at the airport proper. DART operates a bus route, dubbed Love Link, which connects the station to the airport's passenger terminal. Dallas's other major airport, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, is also located on the Orange Line; a trip between Inwood/Love Field and the DFW Airport station takes approximately 39 minutes. [5]

History

Inwood/Love Field station was opened on December 6, 2010 as part of the Green Line's second phase. [3] The station led to the creation of several apartment complexes in the surrounding area. [6] [7]

In 2015, carsharing company Zipcar added two dedicated spaces for their vehicles to the station's parking lot. This was the second DART station to offer Zipcar vehicles, with Mockingbird station being the first. [8]

Love Field connection

Early proposals for the Green Line called for the creation of a subway station underneath Love Field, which would have connected to the airport terminal directly. This proposal was dropped in 2004 after a study determined that the station would be too costly. [9] DART later proposed a submerged people mover, which would connect the airport to Burbank station, but this ran into similar cost issues. [10] [11]

Ultimately, DART opted to defer the people mover and modify bus route 39 (which connected Downtown Dallas and Love Field) to also service Inwood station. [3] Funds earmarked for the people mover were later transferred to the Dallas Streetcar, effectively killing the proposal. [12]

In late 2012, DART split off the Love Field connection into its own route, which was numbered route 524 and named Love Link. [13] The route was renumbered to route 55 in January 2022 as part of a major overhaul to DART's bus system, though the route itself renamed the same. [14] It was renumbered again to route 5 in January 2023 to indicate a frequency increase. [15]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Inwood/Love Field Station". Dallas Area Rapid Transit . Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Bicycle Parking". Dallas Area Rapid Transit . Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 Lindenberger, Michael A. (November 11, 2010). "Green Line's on horizon". The Dallas Morning News . A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. B1 – via NewsBank.
  4. ↑ "DART Reference Book" (PDF). Dallas Area Rapid Transit . March 2023. p. 31. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Dallas Love Field Airport Guide". USA Today . Gannett. May 4, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  6. ↑ Brown, Steve (April 12, 2008). "Apartments to call Maple Avenue home". The Dallas Morning News . A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 1D – via NewsBank.
  7. ↑ Brown, Steve (October 7, 2013). "More apartments coming for Dallas' Maple Avenue strip". The Dallas Morning News . A. H. Belo Corporation – via NewsBank.
  8. ↑ Formby, Brandon (June 22, 2015). "Zipcar adds vehicles at Inwood/Love Field Station". The Dallas Morning News . A. H. Belo Corporation – via NewsBank.
  9. ↑ Hartzel, Tony (March 12, 2007). "Rail will not tunnel under Love Field". The Dallas Morning News . A. H. Belo Corporation. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.
  10. ↑ "Green Line Before Study" [report]. DART Historical Archive, pp. 51. The Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  11. ↑ Lindenberger, Michael A.; Bush, Rudolph (August 12, 2009). "Feds key to hotel rail line - DART officials get draft budget, say plan needs generous boost". The Dallas Morning News . A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 1A – via NewsBank.
  12. ↑ Benning, Tom (January 10, 2013). "Funding approved to expand Dallas streetcar line, link Bishop Arts and convention center". The Dallas Morning News . A. H. Belo Corporation. Archived from the original on January 14, 2013.
  13. ↑ "New Airport Bus Service Caters to Both DFW, Love Field Customers". Dallas Area Rapid Transit . December 3, 2012. Archived from the original on January 14, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Find My New Route". DARTzoom. Dallas Area Rapid Transit . Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  15. ↑ "Ask DART: Which Routes and GoLink Zones are Getting Service Improvements?". DARTDaily. Dallas Area Rapid Transit. January 20, 2023. Retrieved May 29, 2024.

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