Orange Line (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)
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| Overview | |
| Type | Light rail |
| System | DART Light Rail |
| Termini |
Parker Road (north) DFW Airport (west) |
| Stations | 29 |
| Operation | |
| Opened | December 6, 2010 |
| Owner | DART |
| Operator(s) | DART |
| Technical | |
| Track length | 37 miles |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
The Orange Line (labeled as the Purple Line on maps prior to 2006) is a 37-mile long light rail line operated by the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system in Dallas, Irving, Richardson and Plano, Texas.
The line's current northwestern terminus is DFW Airport Station, located inside Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. The line proceeds southeast through Irving, providing service to the Irving Convention Center, Las Colinas, and the University of Dallas, before merging with the Green Line north of Bachman Station. The Orange Line shares the rest of its route with existing light rail lines, with stops along the Green Line from Bachman to Victory Station, through downtown Dallas on a corridor shared with the Green Line, Blue Line, and Red Line, and then northward along the Red Line corridor into Richardson and Plano.
Planned future Orange Line stations include a DFW North Station loop and an eastern extension down Scyene Road to Masters Drive (previously planned as a Green Line expansion).
The Orange Line was planned as an extension to the DART Light Rail system at least as early as 2006, when DART's 2030 System Plan described a "Northwest Corridor" route with expected revenue service to both Love Field and DFW Airport by 2013.
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