Trinity Mills station

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Trinity Mills
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General information
Location2525 Blanton Drive
Carrollton, TX 75008
Coordinates 32°58′50″N96°55′34″W / 32.980433°N 96.926184°W / 32.980433; -96.926184
Owned by Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Platforms1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks3
ConnectionsDART Route 232
Keller Springs GoLink Zone (M-Sun)
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Parking494 spaces [1]
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedDecember 6, 2010 [2]
Services
Preceding station Dallas Area Rapid Transit logo.svg Dallas Area Rapid Transit Following station
North Carrollton/Frankford
Terminus
 Green Line Downtown Carrollton
toward Buckner
Preceding station DCTA logo.svg Denton County Transportation Authority Following station
Hebron
toward Downtown Denton Transit Center
A-train Terminus

Trinity Mills station is a train station in Carrollton, Texas. It serves DART Light Rail's Green Line [3] and DCTA's A-train hybrid rail line. It is the southern terminus of the latter. On A-train maps, the station is represented by a yellow circle containing the DART logo. [4]

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The station is located at the intersection of Interstate 35E and the President George Bush Turnpike (PGBT). It is named for Trinity Mills Road, a frontage road for PGBT, which in turn is named after a mid-19th century settlement that was later annexed by Carrollton.

History

North Carrollton Transit Center

North Carrollton Transit Center, located about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of the current station, opened on October 31, 1988. [5] It was one of the first DART stations with an indoor waiting facility, along with South Irving Transit Center. [6]

The facility was serviced by several bus routes, most notably an express route between it and Downtown Dallas. When Trinity Mills opened, the express route was discontinued in favor of the Green Line, and all other routes were moved to Trinity Mills. [7] The facility has since been demolished.

Trinity Mills

A Green Line train and A-Train meet for the first time. DART and DCTA A-train meet for first time on Green Line.jpg
A Green Line train and A-Train meet for the first time.

In 2000, DART released an investment study on the "Northwest Corridor", which includes the present-day northern segments of the Green Line and Orange Line. The proposal included three stations in Carrolton, including one at North Carrollton Transit Center. [8]

In 2002, the City of Carrollton proposed names for the three Carrollton stations on the corridor. The proposal named the station adjacent to North Carrollton Transit Center "Trinity Mills", moving the "North Carrollton" name to the terminus. This was done to ensure that "Carrollton" would appear on the train's destination signs. [9]

In 2007, DART officials broke ground on the Green Line in Carrollton. [7]

In late October 2010, DART offered a preview run of the Green Line, which ran between Downtown Carrollton and Trinity Mills, during the first annual Festival at the Switchyard. [10] A month and a half later, on December 6, 2010, the Green Line's second expansion, including Trinity Mills, opened. [2]

A-Train service began June 20, 2011 with a ceremonial ride from Downtown Denton Transit Center to Trinity Mills. [11]

Development

In 2003, Carrollton purchased a 12.5 acre site adjacent to Trinity Mills for the purposes of future development. [12]

In 2020, Carrollton announced the creation of Trinity Mills Station, a transit-oriented development zone in a 25-acre site adjacent to the DART station. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Trinity Mills Station". Dallas Area Rapid Transit . Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  2. 1 2 Lindenberger, Michael A. (December 5, 2010). "New Green Line 'starts to complete' DART vision". The Dallas Morning News . A. H. Belo Corporation. Archived from the original on 8 December 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
  3. ↑ "DART Green Line Expansion". Dallas Area Rapid Transit . Archived from the original on 2011-06-24. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  4. ↑ "A-train". Denton County Transportation Authority . Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  5. ↑ "METRO REPORT". The Dallas Morning News . A. H. Belo Corporation. 1988-10-24. pp. 16A – via NewsBank.
  6. ↑ Kelley, Chris (1989-01-30). "DART Geared Up for Big Week". The Dallas Morning News . A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 13A – via NewsBank.
  7. 1 2 Sandoval, Stephanie (2007-09-08). "Aging cities eager for rail renewal - Carrollton, FB bank on Green Line to drive growth". The Dallas Morning News . A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 1B – via NewsBank.
  8. ↑ "Final Report Major Investment Study for the DART Northwest Corridor" [report]. DART Historical Archive. The Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  9. ↑ Stafford, Scott (2002-03-29). "'We should have Carrollton on the front of that train' City is first to tell agency what it wants light-rail stops called". The Dallas Morning News . A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 35A – via NewsBank.
  10. ↑ "Festival will mark city's future transit". The Dallas Morning News . A. H. Belo Corporation. 2010-10-20. p. 04 – via NewsBank.
  11. ↑ Peterson, Matt (2011-06-20). "A-train railway begins rolling, carrying commuters from Denton to Carrollton". The Dallas Morning News . A. H. Belo Corporation. Archived from the original on 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  12. ↑ Stafford, Scott (2004-06-20). "City in talks to buy land - Officials want increased control, larger parcels near DART sites". The Dallas Morning News . A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 1Q – via NewsBank.
  13. ↑ Brown, Steve (2021-11-12). "Carrollton gets on board with new transit-oriented development". The Dallas Morning News . DallasNews Corporation . Retrieved 2023-10-01.
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