Red Line
Northbound Red Line train at Galatyn Park Station
Overview
Owner	DART
Locale	Dallas,Texas
Termini	Parker Road (north) Westmoreland (south)
Stations	26
Service
Type	Light rail
System	DART rail
Operator(s)	DART
History
Opened	June 14, 1996
Technical
Line length	27.7 mi (44.6 km)
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification	Overhead catenary
Highest elevation	At grade, elevated, underground
Route map Red Line highlighted in red Show interactive map Legend Parker Road Downtown Plano 12th Street Pres. George Bush Turnpike CityLine/Bush toDFW Airport Terminal B Galatyn Park Arapaho Center Spring Valley I-635 Orange Line service peak hours only Orange Line normal service LBJ/Central Forest Lane White Rock Creek Walnut Hill Park Lane Lovers Lane toDowntown Rowlett SMU/​Mockingbird Cityplace/​Uptown toBuckner Pearl/Arts District St. Paul Akard West End toNorth Carrollton/​Frankford toDFW Airport Terminal A Trinity Railway Express toT&P Station Union Station Dallas Streetcar to Bishop Arts Convention Center I-30 Cedars Central Rail Operating Facility Trinity River 8th & Corinth toUNT Dallas Dallas Zoo Tyler/Vernon Hampton Westmoreland Other service sharing tracks with Red Line Multiple services sharing tracks with Red Line All stations are accessible This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram

TheRed Line is alight rail line inDallas,Texas operated by theDallas Area Rapid Transit system. It began operations in June 1996, and is one of two inaugural light rail lines in theDART rail system alongside theBlue Line.

The southwestern terminus of the Red Line is atWestmoreland Station in southwest Dallas at the intersection of Illinois Avenue and Westmoreland Road. The southwestern part of the Red Line runs on a private right-of-way with grade crossings. Just before8th & Corinth, the line merges with theBlue Line. The joint Red and Blue Line tracks then rise on to a viaduct that crosses Cedar Creek, the Trinity River, and a freight railroad line. At Lamar Street, the line turns north at a wye where a pair of tracks leading to one of two train yards on the system diverges. The Red and Blue Lines continue north, crossing the Landry Freeway, travelling under theDallas Convention Center and stop atDallas Union Station. After crossing over Main Street, the lines turn east as they merge with theGreen Line andOrange Line and enterdowntown Dallas. At this point, the lines leave their right of ways and operate on a dedicated street-running right of way.

The four DART lines share a common section of track through downtown, with four stops: West End, Akard Street, St. Paul Street and Pearl Street.

After Pearl Street, street running ends and the lines return to private right-of-ways. The four lines diverge at a wye, with the Green Line diverging to the southeast while the Red, Blue and Orange Lines turn north, cross theGood-Latimer Expressway at grade, and descend into a long tunnel under theCentral Expressway (US 75), with a stop atCityplace. The lines exit the tunnel atMockingbird. The Blue Line diverges from the Red Line and heads east, while the Red and Orange Lines turn north.

The Red Line then travels throughnorth Dallas,Richardson andPlano. Most of the line runs at grade level with grade crossings, although portions of the route run on elevated viaducts. The line terminates at theParker Road Station at Park Boulevard near Central Expressway inCollin County.

Much of the line was constructed on the formerTexas Electric Railway route, which ceased operations in 1948.

The Red Line was part of the initial launch of DART's light rail testing and service in 1996. At the time, the line only ran from Westmoreland Station toPearl Station in the northeast corner of downtown. In 1997, the Red Line was extended toPark Lane Station, and was the first DART line to use the 3.5-mile twin tunnels. On December 18, 2000,Cityplace Station, the southwest's first commercial subway station was opened along the Red Line underneathCityplace Tower in the tunnel under the Central Expressway.

In 2002, the Red Line extended into Richardson, ending atGalatyn Park Station, extending the light rail service 9 miles (14.5 km) over its original length. Later that year, the line was opened to theParker Road Station, an additional 3 miles (4.8 km) of track, its current terminus.

The current northern terminus of the Red Line isParker Road station inPlano. The further north suburb,Allen, is eligible to join DART. However, active Red line service is unable to expand further north because Allen is currently unable to levy the 1% sales tax required for DART membership.^[1]

TheNorth Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) in a 2022 meeting discussed the possibility of expansion of the Red Line corridor from Plano through Allen toMcKinney. Either the Red Line or theSilver Line could be extended north. The study proposed seven stations between the current Parker Road Station and the hypothetical northern terminus Downtown McKinney Station. The extension would be 18 miles long, cost between $700 million and $900 million to construct, and is estimated to have 7,000 to 8,000 riders a day by 2045.^[2]

Listed from north to south

Station	Other lines	Opened	Notes
Parker Road	(peak only)	December 9, 2002	Terminus for Red and Orange Lines (peak only)
Downtown Plano
12th Street	(peak only)	October 25, 2025	Northernmost transfer for theSilver Line
CityLine/Bush		December 9, 2002	Formerly Bush Turnpike Station until March 14, 2016. Southernmost transfer for theSilver Line
Galatyn Park	(peak only)	July 1, 2002
Arapaho Center
Spring Valley
LBJ/Central			Terminus for Orange Line outside peak hours
Forest Lane
Walnut Hill
Park Lane		January 10, 1997
Lovers Lane
SMU/Mockingbird			Northernmost transfer for theBlue Line
Cityplace/Uptown		December 18, 2000	Transfer toM-Line Trolley
Pearl/Arts District		June 14, 1996	Easternmost transfer forGreen Line
St. Paul			Transfer toM-Line Trolley (one block north)
Akard
West End			Westernmost transfer station for theGreen Line andOrange Line
EBJ Union Station			Transfer toDallas Streetcar,Trinity Railway Express, andAmtrak
Convention Center
Cedars
8th & Corinth			Southernmost transfer for theBlue Line
Dallas Zoo
Tyler/Vernon
Hampton
Westmoreland

• Deep Ellum Station(Served regularly byGreen Line)
• Baylor University Medical Center Station(Served regularly byGreen Line)
• Fair Park Station(Served regularly byGreen Line)
• Victory Station(Also served byGreen Line,Orange Line)

• 
  Cedars Station in theCedars neighborhood ofsouth Dallas
• 
  Union Station in theReunion District ofdowntown
• 
  West End Station in theWest End Historic District ofdowntown

• DART - Red Line
• Full DART Rail map

• Dallas Area Rapid Transit light rail lines
• Passenger rail transportation in Texas
• Railway lines opened in 1996
• 1996 establishments in Texas
• Red Line (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)

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