Park Lane station (DART)
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Park Lane is a DART light rail station in northern Dallas, Texas. The elevated station is located at the intersection of Park Lane and Greenville Avenue, about Template:Convert east of North Central Expressway (US 75). The station serves the Red Line and Orange Line.<ref name="Station Guide" />
The station serves the southern portions of the Vickery Meadow neighborhood,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> as well as several shopping centers, most notably The Shops at Park Lane and NorthPark Center.<ref name="Station Guide" />
History
Plans for a station on Park Lane date back to 1990 as the northern terminus of a Template:Convert starter system. Two potential locations for the station were considered: one south of Park Lane near the NorthPark East office complex (since replaced by The Shops at Park Lane), and one north of Park Lane near a (now-closed) United Artists theater.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> After a 1990 study determined that the line may require grade separation when crossing Park Lane to prevent traffic congestion,<ref>Template:Cite archive</ref> DART ultimately chose to build a temporary<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> ground-level platform at the NorthPark East location, which would not require crossing Park Lane until the line was extended further north.
The station opened on January 10, 1997, as the northern terminus of the Red Line.<ref name="Opening" /> It, along with the Mockingbird and Lovers Lane stations, was originally intended to open 6 months prior, but all stations north of Downtown Dallas were delayed due to issues with a subway tunnel between the Mockingbird and Pearl stations.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Construction on the Red Line's second northern extension, including a bridge over Park Lane and a permanent elevated station, began in April 1999.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> DART opted to build the new station on the northern side of the road. Local artists Vicki Meek and John Christensen decorated the station with an "urban oasis" theme.<ref name="Elevated opening" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It opened to passenger service on June 17, 2002, two weeks before the extension to the Galatyn Park station opened, becoming the first elevated station on the DART light rail system.<ref name="Elevated opening" />
The original station closed, but DART retains it as a private storage corridor. Template:As of, the original station's platform signage is still present.
In 1997, DART began shuttle service to NorthPark Center, a large mall located on the opposite side of US 75.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The shuttle route was discontinued in September 2025 due to falling ridership; DART recommended route 20 or GoLink as a replacement.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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