White Rock station

DART Light Rail station in Dallas, Texas

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Preceding station	Dallas Area Rapid Transit			Following station
SMU/Mockingbird toward UNT Dallas		Blue Line		Lake Highlands toward Downtown Rowlett

Location

White Rock station is a DART Light Rail station in Dallas, Texas. The station serves the Blue Line. Located on Northwest Highway (Loop 12) in East Dallas, the station serves the Lakewood neighborhood and White Rock Lake.^[1]

The station directly connects to the White Rock Creek Trail,^[4] which in turn connects the station to White Rock Lake, Flag Pole Hill Park, and the SoPac Trail.^[5]

History

In 1997, DART purchased a Knights of Columbus lodge for use as a station site, which was tentatively named Northwest Highway.^[6]^[7]

Construction on the site began on January 15, 1999 as part of a larger extension between Mockingbird station and Garland.^[8] The station was designed to evoke historic architecture around White Rock Lake, including a faux-spillway filled with landscaping and columns in the style of the White Rock Lake boathouse.^[3]^[9]

A test run of the 3.1 miles (5.0 km) of track between Mockingbird and White Rock was completed in July 2001.^[10] White Rock station opened three months later on September 24, 2001.^[3] It served as the northern terminus of the Blue Line until May 2002, when the line was extended to LBJ/Skillman.^[11]

In 2002, Dallas received $10.9 million in federal funding to extend the Katy Trail to White Rock station.^[12]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "White Rock Station". Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
^ "Bicycle Parking". Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hartzel, Tony (September 23, 2001). "DART set for White Rock run: $56 million depot at White Rock debuts within budget Monday". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 31A – via NewsBank.
^ "Take the Train to the Trails". DARTdaily. Dallas Area Rapid Transit. September 17, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
^ "Linear Trails". Dallas Parks and Recreation Department. City of Dallas, Texas. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
^ Kehoe, Andy (August 30, 1998). "Knights bid fond farewell to their lodge: Fraternal group's home to become DART station". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 37A – via NewsBank.
^ "Northeast Corridor: Final Local Environmental Assessment (Final LEA)" [report]. DART Historical Archive, pp. 1-15, 1-16, 1-17. The Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas.
^ Hartzel, Tony (January 15, 1999). "Work starts on rail lines to suburbs: DART to serve Plano, Richardson, Garland". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 1A – via NewsBank.
^ "DART Gallery: A Collection of Public Art" (PDF). Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
^ Hartzel, Tony (July 6, 2001). "Not-so-rapid transit: DART train takes 2-mph test run to newest station". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 29A – via NewsBank.
^ Hartzel, Tony (May 5, 2002). "'It's a beautiful ride': On Monday, DART commuters will venture beyond LBJ Freeway". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 31A – via NewsBank.
^ Hartzel, Tony (February 24, 2002). "Grants pave way for trail network". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 32A – via NewsBank.