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{{Short description|Light rail line in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas}}
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{{Infobox rail line
| name                            = Green Line
| color                           = {{rcr|Dallas Area Rapid Transit|Green}}
| logo                            = DART Green Line bullet 2025.svg
| image                           = File:DART Inwood-Love Field.JPG
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| caption                         = Green Line train on the platform at [[Inwood/Love Field station]]
| type                            = [[Light rail]]
| system                          = [[DART rail]]
| status                          = 
| locale                          = [[Dallas, Texas]]
| start                           = {{stl|DART|North Carrollton/Frankford}} (north)
| end                             = {{stl|DART|Buckner}} (south)
| stations                        = 24
| routes                          = 
| daily_ridership                 = 
| open                            = September 2009
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| owner                           = [[Dallas Area Rapid Transit|DART]]
| operator                        = DART
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| linelength                      = {{convert|27.5|mi|km|1|abbr=on}}
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| electrification                 = [[Overhead catenary]]
| speed                           = 
| elevation                       = At grade, elevated, underground
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The '''Green Line''' is a {{convert|28.6|mi|km|1|sing=on}} [[light rail]] line in [[Dallas]], United States, operated by the [[Dallas Area Rapid Transit]] authority (DART).  The [[United States dollar|US$]]1.7 billion project opened in phases, starting in 2009.  It operates in addition to the {{DART B|style=nl}}, {{DART R|style=nl}}, and [[Orange Line (DART)|Orange]] lines.

==Route==
The southern terminus of the line is currently at [[Buckner station|Buckner]] in southeast Dallas near [[Texas Loop 12|Buckner Boulevard]].  The line runs northwest to [[Fair Park]] and [[Deep Ellum, Dallas|Deep Ellum]], before turning west and running through downtown Dallas.  After leaving [[West End (DART station)|West End station]], the line turns north, running parallel to [[Interstate 35]] past the [[American Airlines Center]].  The line then heads northwest, providing service to [[University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center|Southwestern Medical Center]], [[Dallas Love Field|Love Field]], and the cities of [[Farmers Branch, Texas|Farmers Branch]] and [[Carrollton, Texas|Carrollton]], terminating at [[North Carrollton / Frankford (DART station)|North Carrollton/Frankford station]] in Carrollton. Much of the northern end of the line runs in the right of way of the former [[Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad]] (which was established by the [[Dallas and Wichita Railroad]]).<ref>{{cite news |date=May 23, 2014 |title=Nonprofit works to restore interior of old Carrollton train depot |newspaper=The Dallas Morning News |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2014/05/23/nonprofit-works-to-restore-interior-of-old-carrollton-train-depot/ |access-date=11 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407040217/https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2014/05/23/nonprofit-works-to-restore-interior-of-old-carrollton-train-depot/ |archive-date=7 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Dallas |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/img4/ht_icons/overlay/TX/TX_Dallas_123904_1891_125000_geo.jpg |access-date=13 July 2021 |agency=USGS |date=1891}}</ref>

[[Trinity Mills (DART station)|Trinity Mills Station]], near the northern terminus, provides a connection with the [[A-train (Denton County Transportation Authority)|A-train]] line run by the [[Denton County Transportation Authority]] (DCTA).<ref name=A-Train>{{cite web|url=http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/06/a-train-railway-begins-rolling.html|title=A-train railway begins rolling, carrying commuters from Denton to Carrollton|date=June 20, 2011|access-date=June 20, 2011|first=Matt|last=Peterson|work=The Dallas Morning News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701183458/http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/06/a-train-railway-begins-rolling.html|archive-date=July 1, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> This line connects [[Denton, Texas|Denton]] to [[Carrollton, Texas|Carrollton]], with stops in [[Lewisville, Texas|Lewisville]] and [[Highland Village, Texas|Highland Village]].  The commuter train may stop in other [[Denton County, Texas|Denton County]] cities, should they choose to join the DCTA.

==History==
===Proposals===
The future Green Line was studied as two separate segments: the Northwest Corridor (from present-day [[North Carrollton/Frankford station|North Carrollton/Frankford]] to [[Victory station|Victory]])<ref>{{cite archive |item=Final Report Major Investment Study for the DART Northwest Corridor |item-url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1148413/ |type=report |year=2000 |publisher=[[Dallas Area Rapid Transit]] |access-date=2024-02-05 |collection=DART Historical Archive |repository=The Portal to Texas History |institution=[[University of North Texas]]}}</ref> and the Southeast Corridor (from present-day [[Deep Ellum station|Deep Ellum]] to [[Buckner station|Buckner]]).<ref>{{cite archive |item=Southeast Corridor Light Rail Transit in Dallas County, Texas: Final Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(f) Statement |item-url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1148427/ |type=report |date=2003-10-03 |publisher=[[Dallas Area Rapid Transit]] |access-date=2024-02-05 |collection=DART Historical Archive |repository=The Portal to Texas History |institution=[[University of North Texas]]}}</ref>

When the Southeast Corridor was originally proposed, two options were considered for the final segment past [[Lake June station|Lake June Transit Center]]. One option would utilize an existing [[Southern Pacific]] rail corridor paralleling [[U.S. Route 175|US&nbsp;175]], while the other would create a new corridor along Lake June Road stretching into the [[Pleasant Grove, Dallas|Pleasant Grove]] neighborhood. Both proposals terminated at [[Texas State Highway Loop 12|Buckner Boulevard]]. The first proposal was ultimately chosen due to higher costs and neighborhood opposition associated with the second.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hartzel |first1=Tony |title=DART rail path finalized - Track won't trace Lake June Road |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0FC00B934DD580D0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0ED8227B68F3909D |work=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |publisher=[[DallasNews Corporation|A. H. Belo Corporation]] |date=2000-05-10 |pages=31A}}</ref>

===Construction===
*On February 9, 2007, a trench collapsed during construction on the line killing one construction worker.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 9, 2007 |title=1 dead in DART rail construction accident |work=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/dallas/stories/021007dnmetdartaccident.68f625c9.html |access-date=10 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930013148/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/dallas/stories/021007dnmetdartaccident.68f625c9.html |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref>
*On March 12, 2007, the City of Dallas officials and DART made an agreement to make [[Burbank (DART station)|Burbank Station]] (formerly Love Field Station) a surface-level facility after a long debate of whether or not to make it an underground station.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hartzel |first=Tony |date=March 12, 2007 |title=Rail will not tunnel under Love Field |work=The Dallas Morning News |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/031307dnmetdartlove.39c0619.html |access-date=12 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201404/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/031307dnmetdartlove.39c0619.html |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref>
*Effective June 17, 2007, the Live Oak exit on [[Image:US 75.svg|20px]] ([[U.S. Route 75]]) was closed until 2009, as part of the Green Line Rail construction around the Bryan/Hawkins intersection. Two bridges in that area were removed and roads were lowered to street level.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=[[Dallas Area Rapid Transit]] |title=Construction Alerts - Live Oak Exit Closure |url=http://www.dart.org/about/expansion/construction.asp#liveoak |date=July 9, 2007}}</ref>
*On June 8, 2009, full-speed tests of the Green Line were conducted successfully with local officials and members of the media aboard.<ref>{{cite news |last=Visser |first=Nancy |author2=Bruce Tomaso |date=June 9, 2009 |title=DART hosts riders as it tests span of Green Line project |work=Dallas Morning News |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/0609dnmetdart.5eeb7bea.html |access-date=June 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115022334/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/0609dnmetdart.5eeb7bea.html |archive-date=15 January 2010}}</ref>  The route of the test included the four stations, then still under construction, that joined the DART rail system in September 2009.

===Opening===
The Green Line began operation on September 14, 2009, with a route from [[downtown Dallas]] southeast to [[Fair Park]]; this short route was scheduled to open in time to service the 2009 [[State Fair of Texas]]. On December 6, 2010 the line extended further to [[Pleasant Grove, Dallas, Texas|Pleasant Grove]], as well as continuing northwest from [[Victory (TRE-DART station)|Victory Station]] to [[Farmers Branch, Texas|Farmers Branch]] and [[Carrollton, Texas|Carrollton]]; both extensions, completing the Green Line.<ref name="car">{{cite news |first=Dianne |last=Solis |work=Dallas Morning News |title=Officials reshaping downtown Carrollton around light-rail hopes |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/060909dnmetoldtown.4a65d43.html |date=June 10, 2009 |access-date=June 10, 2009}}</ref>

===Future plans===
The [[D2 Subway]] is planned to be implemented in 2028 and will reroute the Green Line's western terminus over the former Blue Line's tracks to terminate at [[UNT Dallas Station]].

==Stations==

===Daily Service===
:''Listed from east to west and south to north''

{| class="wikitable"
! Station
! Other lines
! Opened
! Notes
|-
| [[Buckner station|Buckner]]
|
| rowspan="4" | December 6, 2010
| Southeastern terminus
|-
| [[Lake June station|Lake June]]
|
| 
|-
| [[Lawnview station|Lawnview]]
|
| 
|-
| [[Hatcher station|Hatcher]]
|
| 
|- 
| [[MLK Jr. station (DART)|MLK Jr.]]
|
| rowspan="4" | September 14, 2009
| 
|-
| [[Fair Park station|Fair Park]]
|
| 
|-
| [[Baylor University Medical Center station|Baylor University Medical Center]]
|
| 
|-
| [[Deep Ellum station|Deep Ellum]]
|
| 
|-
| [[Pearl/Arts District station|Pearl/Arts District]]
| rowspan="4" | {{rint|dart|red}} {{rint|dart|blue}} {{rint|dart|orange}}
| rowspan="4" | June 14, 1996
| Easternmost transfer for Red, Blue and Orange lines
|-
| [[St. Paul station (DART)|St. Paul]]
| Transfer to {{rint|dallas|mata|showtext=yes}} (one block north)
|-
| [[Akard station|Akard]]
| 
|-
| [[West End station (DART)|West End]]
| Westernmost transfer station for Red and Blue lines
|-
| [[Victory station|Victory]]
| rowspan="6" | {{rint|dart|orange}}
| November 13, 2004
| Transfer to {{rint|texas|tre|showtext=yes}}
|-
| [[Market Center station|Market Center]]
| rowspan="11" | December 6, 2010
|
|-
| [[Southwestern Medical District/Parkland station|Southwestern Medical District/Parkland]]
|
|-
| [[Inwood/Love Field station|Inwood/Love Field]]
|
|-
| [[Burbank station (DART)|Burbank]]
|
|- 
| [[Bachman station|Bachman]]
| Westernmost transfer for Orange Line
|-
| [[Walnut Hill/Denton station|Walnut Hill/Denton]]
|
|
|-
| [[Royal Lane station|Royal Lane]]
|
|
|-
| [[Farmers Branch station|Farmers Branch]]
|
|
|-
| [[Downtown Carrollton station|Downtown Carrollton]] 
| {{rint|dart|silver}}
| [[Silver Line (DART)|Silver Line]] transfer station
|-
| [[Trinity Mills station|Trinity Mills]]
|
| Transfer to {{rint|texas|a-train|showtext=yes}}
|- 
| [[North Carrollton/Frankford station|North Carrollton/Frankford]]
|
| Northwestern terminus
|}

== See also ==
* [[Texas Interurban Railway]] – operated commuter service from 1924 to 1932 on the Missouri–Kansas–Texas right-of-way used by the Green Line

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Attached KML|display=title,inline}}
* [https://www.dart.org/guide/transit-and-use/rail/rail-line-details/dart-green-line DART - Green Line]
* [https://dartorgcmsblob.dart.org/prod/docs/default-source/dart-maps/dartrailsystemmap24jan22-1.pdf Full DART Rail map]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101222232128/http://www.dart.org/about/expansion/greenline.asp Green Line expansion information] (archived)

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