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. The Orange Line will run with the Green Line, until its split at Dallas Love Field. 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, eventually terminating at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport by 2013.

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[edit] Future Stations

Listed from East to West

Subject to change without notice

[edit] Existing Stations

The following stations are currently on the Trinity Railway Express, and will also be served by the Orange Line once it is operational:

[edit] Opening in 2011

[edit] Opening in 2012

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

[edit] Opening in 2013

[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]

On December 5, 2007, the Dallas Morning News ran a story reporting that DART President Gary Thomas stated that a previous cost estimate of $988 million was too low. A new cost estimate for the 14 mile project was $1.8 - $1.9 billion. The $900 million overrun in costs has caused considerable outrage amongst political leaders in the City of Irving Texas, where the line passes on its way to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. Irving leaders subsequently made inquiry as to the cost overruns. Texas State Representative Linda Harper Brown sent an official letter to Mr. Thomas also making inquiry into the project's substantial cost overruns.

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Dallas Morning News - 9 February 2007. "Rail will not tunnel under Love Field." Retrieved 12 March 2007.

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