Lake Highlands | |||||||||||
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 Passengers getting on and off a Blue Line train at Lake Highlands station. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 9393 Whistle Stop Place Dallas, Texas 75231 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°52′48″N 96°43′49″W / 32.880056°N 96.730328°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Dallas Area Rapid Transit | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Two side platforms | ||||||||||
| Connections | DART Routes
17 and
242 Lake Highlands GoLink Zone (M-F) | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | 68 spaces [1] | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 1 bike rack | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | December 6, 2010 [2] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Lake Highlands station is a DART Light Rail station in the Lake Highlands neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. The station serves the Blue Line. [1]
The station is located near the intersection of Skillman Street and Walnut Hill Lane at the Lake Highlands Town Center development. [3] The station is about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of Lake Highlands High School and the Lake Highlands Recreation Center, both of which it is connected to via the Lake Highlands Trail.
History
A station in Lake Highlands was included in plans for the Northeast Corridor (which became the northern leg of the Blue Line) under the name Kingsley Road. (Kingsley Road is now known as Walnut Hill Lane.) The station would be located on the south side of Kingsley with an entrance on White Rock Trail Road. While the station was planned out, it was not built with the rest of the northern Blue Line due to traffic capacity issues on White Rock Trail Road and a junior high school being planned nearby. [4]
In 2006, following the announcement of the Lake Highlands Town Center mixed-use development on an adjacent site, DART allocated $10 million towards constructing the station. [5] [6] Unlike the original plan, the station would be located on the northern side of Kingsley and with an entrance on Skillman Street. The station was the second infill station to be built by DART, the first being Cityplace station.
The station opened on December 6, 2010, concurrent with the opening of most of the Green Line. [2] The station opened several years before Lake Highlands Town Center, which had been delayed following the Great Recession. [3]
External links
References
- ^ a b "Lake Highlands Station". Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ a b Lindenberger, Michael A. (2010-12-07). "Commuters hop on Green Line". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. p. A1 – via NewsBank.
- ^ a b Brown, Steve (2016-01-04). "New shopping center plans for Lake Highlands Town Center". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation – via NewsBank.
- ^ " Northeast Corridor: Final Local Environmental Assessment (Final LEA)" [report]. DART Historical Archive, pp. 1-17, 1-18. The Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas.
- ^ Hughes, Kristine (2006-01-27). "City asks for Skillman help - Dallas: District agrees on need for renewal but fears losing students". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation – via NewsBank.
- ^ Hartzel, Tony (2006-10-25). "DART green-lights 40 miles of new rail for 2030 - Agency spurns call for delay; $50M directed to - Far N. Dallas concerns". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation – via NewsBank.
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