Forest Lane station
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Forest Lane station is a DART light rail station in northeastern Dallas, Texas. The elevated station, which serves the Template:DART R and Template:DART O, is located on Forest Lane, Template:Convert east of North Central Expressway (US 75) and Template:Convert south of Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway (I-635).<ref name="Station Guide" />
The station serves the Medical City Dallas hospital complex, the Cottonwood Trail, and the Hamilton Park neighborhood.<ref name="Station Guide" /> In tribute to the largely African-American population of Hamilton Park, the station features a sculpture dedicated to African-Americans who fought against housing segregation.<ref name="Station preview" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
History
North Central Transit Center
Northeastern Dallas was originally serviced by the North Central Transit Center, a park-and-ride bus station located between North Central Expressway and Coit Road. The transit center was announced by the Texas Department of Transportation in 1983, several months before DART's formation; it was opened in 1985.<ref name="North Central Transit Center">Template:Cite news</ref>
The lot consisted of an air-conditioned waiting area and 1,300 parking spaces.<ref name="North Central Transit Center" /> In addition to servicing DART, the center was intended to service Surtran,<ref name="North Central Transit Center" /> a municipal bus service connecting Dallas to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, but Surtran was discontinued in 1985.<ref>Template:Cite archive</ref>
The lot was closed after Forest Lane opened in 2002,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> with all its bus routes moving to Forest Lane station. The lot was left unused for several years before it was redeveloped; it is currently the location of a Costco store.
Forest Lane
Forest Lane station opened on July 1, 2002, as part of the Red Line's second major expansion.<ref name="Station preview" /> The Saturday before, an opening ceremony, dubbed "Super Saturday", was held at both the Forest Lane and Arapaho Center stations.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In May 2011, the Cottonwood Trail was extended south from North Central Expressway to the White Rock Creek Trail. The extension included a trailhead at Forest Lane, which was the first trailhead to be located at any DART station.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>