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Media Relations Contact:
Morgan Lyons
Mark A. Ball
December 6, 2010
Green Line complete, new connections on track
Just over four years after the first front loader of dirt was
turned, the 28-mile, 20-station, $1.8 billion Green Line was
completed on schedule and under budget on December 6,
when it opened 24 miles and 15 stations creating new light rail
connections for Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) customers
from southeast Dallas to the cities of Farmers Branch and
Carrollton in the northwest.
This is the longest single-day opening of electric light rail in the
United States since 1990.
The first section of the Green Line opened September 2009
and connects Pearl Station on the east side of Downtown
Dallas to MLK, Jr. Station on the west side of Fair Park.
"The Green Line changes everything for our customers,"
DART President/Executive Director Gary Thomas said.
"Customers living in Pleasant Grove now have seamless
access to jobs at Baylor, Downtown Dallas, the Market District,
UT Southwestern/Parkland, Love Field and Farmers Branch
and Carrollton. Business owners all along the corridor can
connect with new customers and new pools of prospective
employees."Early morning commuters
boarding the Green Line at North
Carrollton/Frankford Station on Dec.
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First Green Line train from North
Carrollton/Frankford Station on Dec.
6 at 4:29 a.m.Super Saturday Celebration, December 4
Inwood/Love Field Station
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Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark. Green Line complete, new connections on track, text, December 6, 2010; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1226918/m1/1/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART).