Southwestern Medical District/Parkland | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | 2101 Medical District Drive Dallas, Texas | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°48′49″N96°50′00″W / 32.813621°N 96.833328°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Dallas Area Rapid Transit | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | December 6, 2010 [1] | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
FY22 | 1,632 (avg. weekday) [2] 21.1% | |||||||||||||||
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