Lovers Lane station

{{Infobox Station

| name = Lovers Lane

| style = Dallas Area Rapid Transit

| image = Lovers Lane station.jpg

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| address = 5603 Milton Street{{Cite web |title=Lovers Lane Station |url=https://www.dart.org/guide/transit-and-use/rail/rail-station-detail/lovers-lane-station |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=Dallas Area Rapid Transit |language=en}}

| borough = Dallas, Texas

| coordinates = {{coord|32|50|55|N|96|46|18|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-TX|display=inline,title}}

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| platform = Two side platforms

| parking =

| bicycle = 1 bike rack

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| opened = {{Start date|1997|01|10}}{{Cite news |last=Howell |first=Curtis |date=1997-02-02 |title=DART's light rail making tracks: First-week ridership exceeds expectations by 33 percent |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0FC00B934DD580D0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0ED3D8E8B8E12716 |work=The Dallas Morning News |publisher=A. H. Belo Corporation |pages=37A |via=NewsBank}}

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| accessible = Yes

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| owned = Dallas Area Rapid Transit

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|line1=Red|left1=SMU/Mockingbird|right1=Park Lane

|line2=Orange|left2=SMU/Mockingbird|right2=Park Lane

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Lovers Lane station is a DART light rail station in Dallas, Texas. It serves the {{DART R}} and {{DART O}}. The station is located in East Dallas; it is directly east of North Central Expressway (US 75) and one block south of the intersection of Lovers Lane and Greenville Avenue.

The station services several strip malls along Greenville Avenue, the Energy Square and Meadows Building office complexes, and the residential complex The Village.

Unlike most DART stations, Lovers Lane station does not have a park-and-ride lot. {{As of|2024|June}}, the station also does not receive bus service, though two bus routes can be accessed from Greenville Avenue one block east of the station entrance.{{Cite web |title=Station Facilities Map: Lovers Lane Station |url=https://dartorgcmsblob.dart.org/prod/docs/default-source/marketing/railstationdocuments/lovers-lane-stationd0f66621-0997-4f1a-b3c3-4447100a0231.pdf?t=638532100605091957 |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Dallas Area Rapid Transit}}

History

Initial plans for the Lovers Lane station suggested either an at-grade or aerial station, both of which would have an 800-space parking lot and would be located south of an elevated crossing at Lovers Lane.{{Cite archive|item=North Central Corridor: Local Environmental Assessment|item-url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1138600/|type=report|year=1990|publisher=Dallas Area Rapid Transit|access-date=2024-02-07|collection=DART Historical Archive|repository=The Portal to Texas History|institution=University of North Texas|pages=19, 22-23}} Due to costs, DART chose to remove the parking lot from the plans, which nearly led to the station being rejected by the Dallas City Plan Commission.{{Cite news |last=Jacobson |first=Sherry |date=1992-11-20 |title=Panel refuses to approve DART rail station at Lovers Lane |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0FC00B934DD580D0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0ED3D28B089E5BF0 |work=The Dallas Morning News |publisher=A. H. Belo Corporation |pages=34A |via=NewsBank}}

As part of DART's Station Art & Design Program, DART installed tile mosaics depicting bois d'arc trees and ten windscreens featuring poems by local poet Robert Trammell.{{Cite news |last=Robinson |first=Gaile |date=2003-04-17 |title=Public Works - Public art projects are enjoying a boom throughout North Texas, and Fort Worth might be next on the bandwagon |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0FC00B934DD580D0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0FA7D90DE8F8F0C9 |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |publisher=Knight Ridder |pages=1 |via=NewsBank}}{{Cite news |last=Weeks |first=Jerome |date=2006-05-09 |title=Robert Trammell: 1939-2006 - 'The grass-roots poet in Dallas' |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0FC00B934DD580D0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F1118433F01C0B83D |work=The Dallas Morning News |publisher=A. H. Belo Corporation |pages=1G |via=NewsBank}}{{Cite web |title=DART Gallery: A Collection of Public Art |url=https://dartorgcmsblob.dart.org/prod/docs/default-source/station-art/dartgallery.pdf |website=Dallas Area Rapid Transit |pages=25}} The station opened on January 10, 1997 alongside Mockingbird and Park Lane stations.

At opening, the station was the eastern terminus of a shuttle to Dallas Love Field. The route was eliminated in 2003 in favor of a connection to Downtown Dallas.{{Cite news |last=Hartzel |first=Tony |date=2003-10-05 |title=DART making more than token cuts |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0FC00B934DD580D0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0FE05C8724633310 |work=The Dallas Morning News |publisher=A. H. Belo Corporation |pages=2B |via=NewsBank}}

In 2008, the city of Dallas established a four-segment tax increment financing district around several DART rail stations. One of the sub-districts consists of land along Greenville Avenue between Lovers Lane and SMU/Mockingbird stations.{{Cite web |title=TOD TIF District |url=https://www.dallasecodev.org/440/TOD-TIF-District |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=Office of Economic Development |publisher=City of Dallas}}

References

External links

[https://www.dart.org/ Dallas Area Rapid Transit] - [https://www.dart.org/guide/transit-and-use/rail/rail-station-detail/lovers-lane-station Lovers Lane Station]

Category:Dallas Area Rapid Transit light rail stations in Dallas

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1997

Category:1997 establishments in Texas

Category:Railway stations in Dallas County, Texas

Category:Red Line (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)

Category:Orange Line (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)