Fair Park station
Fair Park station is a DART Light Rail station located in Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. It serves the Green Line.[1] The station opened on September 14, 2009 as one of four original stops on the line.[2] Fair Park contains the largest collection of Art Deco exhibition buildings in the world, built for the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition.[3] The station was designed to blend into the surrounding architecture while revitalizing the historic entrance into Fair Park.
Fair Park | |||||||||||
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| DART light rail station | |||||||||||
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| Location | 3710 Parry Avenue Dallas, Texas 75226 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32.782062°N 96.765932°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Dallas Area Rapid Transit | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Red Line special events Blue Line special events Orange Line special events | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 Side platforms | ||||||||||
| Connections | DART Routes 37, 60, 110, 111, 164 (late weekends), 409 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | no | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | September 14, 2009 | ||||||||||
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During important events during the State Fair of Texas, Fair Park station is served by "special event" trains from the Red Line and Blue Line.[4]
References
- DART Green Line Expansion Information.
- Visser, Nancy; Bruce Tomaso (June 9, 2009). "DART hosts riders as it tests span of Green Line project". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
- DART Green Line Stations.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 26, 2009. Retrieved September 22, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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