Forest/Jupiter station
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Forest/Jupiter station is a DART light rail station in Garland, Texas. The station is located in western Garland at the intersection of Forest Lane and Jupiter Road. It is served by the Template:DART B.<ref name="Station Guide">Template:Cite web</ref>
The station serves a large industrial corridor (including facilities for Sherwin-Williams and Kraft Heinz) and the Garland Independent School District administration building. A neighborhood Template:Convert north of the station contains the Walnut Creek Branch of Garland's Nicholson Memorial Library System.<ref name="Station Guide" />
History
Plans for a station at the Forest/Jupiter intersection date back to DART's first rail plan in 1983. The station would be built on an existing freight corridor constructed by the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> A more detailed plan of the corridor in 1997 proposed that the station and the crossings over Forest and Jupiter be elevated;<ref>Template:Cite archive</ref> ultimately, the station was constructed at-grade, but the crossings remained elevated.
The Blue Line was extended to both Forest/Jupiter and Downtown Garland on November 18, 2002.<ref name="Station Opening">Template:Cite news</ref> The station was decorated with stylized plows and gearworks, as well as a Template:Convert wind-activated sculpture, which contains stylized prayer wheels in tribute to the area's Asian population.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On August 15, 2009, the station was temporarily closed due to a chemical spill in an adjacent industrial park.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2013, the city of Garland created a tax increment financing district for the area around the station.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>