North Carrollton/Frankford station

{{Short description|DART light rail station in Carrollton, Texas}}

{{Infobox station

| name = North Carrollton/Frankford

| style = Dallas Area Rapid Transit

| image = North Carrollton Frankford Station.JPG

| image_caption = DART Green Line light rail cars awaiting departure.

| address = 1717 West Frankford Road
Carrollton, Texas 75007

| coordinates = {{coord|32.992744|-96.937997|format=dms|display=inline,title|region:US_type:landmark}}

| line =

| connections = {{DART GL|northwestcarrollton|Northwest Carrollton|(M-Sun)}}

| platform = 1 island platform

| tracks = 2

| structure = At grade

| parking = 1,677 spaces{{Cite web |title=North Carrollton/Frankford Station |url=https://www.dart.org/guide/transit-and-use/rail/rail-station-detail/north-carrollton-frankford-station |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=Dallas Area Rapid Transit |language=en}}

| bicycle =

| passengers =

| pass_year =

| pass_percent =

| opened = December 6, 2010{{Cite news |last=Floyd |first=Jacquielynn |date=2010-12-07 |title=On DART's Green Line, the advantage is clear |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%252F133FB1DDD0D9A110 |work=The Dallas Morning News |publisher=A. H. Belo Corporation |pages=B1 |via=NewsBank}}

| rebuilt =

| accessible = Yes

| code =

| owned = Dallas Area Rapid Transit

| zone =

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=DART|line=Green|right=Trinity Mills}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-light |marker-color=#{{rcr|DART|Green}} |zoom=15 }}

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North Carrollton/Frankford station (sometimes shortened to North Carrollton station) is a DART light rail station in Carrollton, Texas that serves as the northern terminus of the {{DART G}}. The station is the only DART facility to be located in Denton County and primarily serves as a park-and-ride.

The station is adjacent to the right-of-way for the A-train commuter rail line, but the A-train does not stop at North Carrollton/Frankford. Instead, it meets with the Green Line at Trinity Mills, one station to the south.{{cite web |title=System Map |url=https://dartorgcmsblob.dart.org/prod/docs/default-source/dart-maps/dartsystemmap.pdf |website=Dallas Area Rapid Transit |date=2023-01-23}}

History

The station was first proposed in 2000 in a study of the "Northwest Corridor", which included the modern-day Green Line and {{DART O}}. In these proposals, the station was simply named "Frankford" after Frankford Road.{{cite archive |item=Final Report Major Investment Study for the DART Northwest Corridor |item-url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1148413/ |type=report |year=2000 |publisher=Dallas Area Rapid Transit |access-date=2024-02-05 |collection=DART Historical Archive |repository=The Portal to Texas History |institution=University of North Texas}}

In 2002, the city of Carrollton passed a resolution proposing names for the three stations in the city. This proposal renamed the Frankford Road station to "North Carrollton" with the specific aim of ensuring that the name "Carrollton" would appear on the line's destination signs.{{Cite news |last=Stafford |first=Scott |date=2002-03-29 |title='We should have Carrollton on the front of that train' City is first to tell agency what it wants light-rail stops called |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%252F0F297A28708A2FF7 |work=The Dallas Morning News |publisher=A. H. Belo Corporation |pages=35A |via=NewsBank}}

In 2004, following the proposal of the A-train, the city of Carrollton debated removing North Carrollton/Frankford from the line. The station was primarily intended as a park-and-ride lot for Denton County residents commuting to Downtown Dallas, but the A-train (which did not stop at the station) would serve the same purpose.{{Cite news |date=2004-10-16 |title=Regional Roundup |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%252F105CB9D79C6E9BA4 |work=The Dallas Morning News |publisher=A. H. Belo Corporation |pages=2B |via=NewsBank}}

The station was opened on December 6, 2010 with the rest of the northern Green Line.

On April 2, 2012, DART began a pilot program known as "Fair Share Parking", which required commuters from non-DART member cities to pay a $2 fee for parking. North Carrollton/Frankford was one of two stations to be included in the program at launch, the other being Parker Road.{{Cite news |last=Lindenberger |first=Michael A. |date=2012-04-03 |title=Parking charges debut |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%252F13DEDF3201DCC6B0 |work=The Dallas Morning News |publisher=A. H. Belo Corporation |pages=B7 |via=NewsBank}} The proposal was intended to improve parking availability and to make up for the lack of sales tax revenue from non-residents.{{Cite news |last=Lindenberger |first=Michael A. |date=2011-09-28 |title=Paid parking could start at two DART lots by December |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%252F13A0E5720BB94C08 |work=The Dallas Morning News |publisher=A. H. Belo Corporation |pages=B3 |via=NewsBank}} However, most commuters simply switched to parking at other stations; in North Carrollton/Frankford's case, most commuters moved to Trinity Mills.{{Cite news |last=Wilonsky |first=Robert |date=2013-03-25 |title=One year in DART’s paid-parking experiment in Plano, Carrollton is not faring nearly as well as expected |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%252F145470D912E10DB8 |work=The Dallas Morning News |publisher=A. H. Belo Corporation |via=NewsBank}} After the pilot program failed to make a profit, DART opted to end it. North Carrollton/Frankford reverted to free parking on April 2, 2014.{{Cite news |last=Formby |first=Brandon |date=2014-03-31 |title=DART ends paid parking, creates reserved lot in Plano |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%252F14CEAEA780D79F38 |work=The Dallas Morning News |publisher=A. H. Belo Corporation |via=NewsBank}}

References

External links

[https://www.dart.org/guide/transit-and-use/rail/rail-station-detail/north-carrollton-frankford-station DART - North Carrollton/Frankford Station]

Category:Dallas Area Rapid Transit light rail stations

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 2010

Category:Railway stations in Denton County, Texas

Category:Green Line (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)