Mockingbird (DART station)

Mockingbird DART light rail station
The station from above
Station statistics
Address	5465 East Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, Texas 75206
Coordinates	32°50′16″N 96°46′30″W / 32.837874°N 96.774922°W / 32.837874; -96.774922Coordinates: 32°50′16″N 96°46′30″W / 32.837874°N 96.774922°W / 32.837874; -96.774922
Lines	Red Line   Blue Line   Orange Line
Connections	DART Routes 1, 21, 24, 76, 521 (M-F), and 768 (Mustang Express) (M-F) DART On-Call Lakewood (M-F) Katy Trail
Platforms	2 side platforms (trenched)
Parking	708 free spaces, no overnight
Bicycle facilities	6 lockers, 9 racks
Other information
Opened	January 10, 1997[1]
Accessible
Owned by	Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Services
Preceding station   Dallas Area Rapid Transit   Following station Cityplace toward Westmoreland Red Line Lovers Lane toward Parker Road Cityplace toward Bachman Orange Line Cityplace toward Ledbetter Blue Line White Rock toward Downtown Garland     Effective Late 2011     Cityplace toward Irving Convention Center Orange Line Parker Road branch Lovers Lane toward Parker Road

Mockingbird is a DART Light Rail station located in north Dallas, Texas (USA) at Mockingbird Lane and North Central Expressway (US 75). It opened in January 1997 and is a station on the Blue, Red and Orange Lines, serving the Mockingbird Station residential and retail development and nearby Southern Methodist University.

Mockingbird Station has the highest density population within three miles of any mass transit station in Texas. It is also the northernmost DART station serving both the Red and Blue lines; from this point the lines diverge with the Red line heading north and the Blue line heading northeast.

Transit-oriented development adjacent to, and eponymous with, the station

A northbound train at the station

References

1. ^ Howell, Curtin (February 2, 1997). "DART's light rail making tracks First-week ridership exceeds expectations by 33 percent". The Dallas Morning News. 

External links

• Dallas Area Rapid Transit - Mockingbird Station
• www.MockingbirdStation.com - the adjoining residential and retail development