Belt Line station

Belt Line
General information
Location	5800 Valley View Ln. Irving, TX 75063[1]
Coordinates	32°53′15″N 96°59′14″W
Owned by	Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Connections	Cypress Waters GoLink Zone (M-Sun)
Construction
Structure type	At Grade
Parking	597 spaces[1]
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	December 3, 2012 (2012-12-03)[2]
Services
Preceding station Dallas Area Rapid Transit Following station DFW Airport Terminus Orange Line Dallas College North Lake Campus toward Parker Road
Location

Belt Line station is a DART light rail station in Irving, Texas. The station is located on the property of Dallas Fort Worth International Airport^[3] near the intersection of Belt Line Road and President George Bush Turnpike.

The station serves the Orange Line.^[1] It is also a hub for Cypress Waters GoLink, an on-demand service in the nearby Cypress Waters development.^[4] Until the opening of DFW Airport station, it was the westernmost terminus of the Orange Line.

History

Belt Line station was opened on December 3, 2012 as the western terminus of the Orange Line's first expansion. Bus route 500 was established to connect the station to DFW Airport.^[2]

At opening, Belt Line participated in DART's Fair Share Parking program, which charged a daily parking fee for patrons that did not live in DART member cities.^[5] The program also offered overnight parking at a cost of $7–9 per day, roughly equivalent to the daily fees charged by DFW Airport for remote parking.^[6] The program was retired on April 2, 2014.^[5]

On August 18, 2014, the Orange Line was expanded to DFW Airport station^[7] and route 500 was redirected to service Cypress Waters.^[8] On January 24, 2022, as part of a larger reorganization of DART's bus network, route 500 was replaced with GoLink, a microtransit service.^[9][10]

References

1. "Belt Line Station". Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
2. Leszcynski, Ray (December 4, 2012). "Big day for DART as routes are extended to Rowlett, D/FW Airport". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013.
3. "Northwest Corridor Light Rail Transit Line to Irving and DFW Airport in Dallas County, Texas: Final Impact Statement" (July 17, 2008) [report]. DART Historical Archive, pp. 2–25. The Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas.
4. "Cypress Waters". Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
5. Formby, Brandon (March 31, 2014). "DART ends paid parking". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation – via NewsBank.
6. "DART to provide shuttle service to D/FW Airport". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. June 27, 2012. p. 4 – via NewsBank.
7. Formby, Brandon (August 18, 2014). "It's official: DART trains are now rolling into Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014.
8. Formby, Brandon (June 28, 2014). "DFW Airport Station triggers several DART train, bus changes". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation – via NewsBank.
9. Wilson, Solomon (September 22, 2021). "DART Has A Plan To Change Public Transit In Dallas With New Routes And More Frequent Service". KERA News. North Texas Public Broadcasting. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
10. "Find My New Route". DARTzoom. Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved May 29, 2024.

External links

• Dallas Area Rapid Transit - Belt Line Station