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Forest/Jupiter station is a DART light rail station in Garland, Texas. The station is located in western Garland at the intersection of Forest Lane and Jupiter Road. It is served by the Blue Line.[1]
Forest/Jupiter | |||||||||||
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| DART light rail station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 3232 Forest Lane Garland, Texas | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°54′29″N 96°40′46″W / 32.90806°N 96.67944°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Dallas Area Rapid Transit | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Connections |  DART: 22, 245, and 247 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 563 spaces[1] | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 4 lockers,[2] 1 rack | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | November 18, 2002[3] | ||||||||||
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The station serves a large industrial corridor (including facilities for Sherwin-Williams and Kraft Heinz) and the Garland Independent School District administration building. A neighborhood 2⁄3 mile (1.1 km) north of the station contains the Walnut Creek Branch of Garland's Nicholson Memorial Library System.[1]
History
editPlans for a station at the Forest/Jupiter intersection date back to DART's first rail plan in 1983. The station would be built on an existing freight corridor constructed by the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad.[4] A more detailed plan of the corridor in 1997 proposed that the station and the crossings over Forest and Jupiter be elevated;[5] ultimately, the station was constructed at-grade, but the crossings remained elevated.
The Blue Line was extended to both Forest/Jupiter and Downtown Garland on November 18, 2002.[3] The station was decorated with stylized plows and gearworks, as well as a 25-foot (7.6 m) wind-activated sculpture, which contains stylized prayer wheels in tribute to the area's Asian population.[6][7]
On August 15, 2009, the station was temporarily closed due to a chemical spill in an adjacent industrial park.[8]
In 2013, the city of Garland created a tax increment financing district for the area around the station.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Forest/Jupiter Station". Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ "Bicycle Parking". Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
- ^ a b Abshire, Richard; Hartzel, Tony (November 17, 2002). "DART pulling into Garland: Rail line to link 2 stations with downtown Dallas on Monday". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 33A – via NewsBank.
- ^ Nogami, Doug (August 7, 1983). "The DART Decision: Suburban leaders divided over DART plan". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 30A – via NewsBank.
- ^ "Northeast Corridor: Final Local Environmental Assessment (Final LEA)" [report]. DART Historical Archive, pp. 1-25, 1-27. The Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas.
- ^ Hartzel, Tony (October 20, 2002). "DART adds art to the science of transit". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 32A – via NewsBank.
- ^ "DART Gallery: A Collection of Public Art" (PDF). Dallas Area Rapid Transit. p. 31. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
- ^ "Chemical spill forces DART detour". WFAA. Belo Corporation. August 15, 2009 – via NewsBank.
- ^ "Forest-Jupiter Transit-Oriented Redevelopment Plan" (PDF). North Central Texas Council of Governments. May 7, 2013.
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