Orange Line (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)

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The Orange Line (labelled as the Purple Line on maps prior to 2006) will be a 14 mile (23 km) light rail line in the system of mass transit in Dallas, Texas (USA) operated by the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system. It will operate in addition to the currently existing Blue and Red lines, along with another new line, the Green Line. It is set to begin operation in phases starting in 2011, with a route from downtown Dallas northwest past Dallas Love Field Airport, through the Texas Stadium area and Las Colinas, evenually terminating at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport by 2013.

1 Future Stations
2 Construction Issues
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Future Stations

Listed from East to West

Subject to change without notice

[edit] Opening in 2011

Victory Station (in Dallas)
Market Center Station (in Dallas)
Southern Medical District/Parkland Station (in Dallas)
Inwood Station (in Dallas)
Love Field Station (in Dallas)
Bachman Station (in Dallas)
Loop 12 Station (Pending) (in Irving)
University Of Dallas Station (in Irving)
South Las Colinas Station (Pending) (in Irving)
Lake Carolyn Station (in Irving)
North Las Colinas Station (in Irving)

[edit] Opening in 2012

Carpenter Ranch Station (in Irving)
North Lake College Station (in Irving)
Belt Line Station (in Irving)

[edit] Opening in 2013

DFW Airport Station (at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport)

[edit] Construction Issues

On 12 March 2007, the City of Dallas officials and DART made an agreement to make Love Field Station a surface-level facility after a long debate of whether or not to make it an underground station.^[1]