North Irving Transit Center is a bus-only station located along
Northwest Highway (Spur 348) in the
Las Colinas neighborhood of
Irving,
Texas
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USA
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). The transit center is a ten-minute walk from DART's
Irving Convention Center light rail station, with a pedestrian walkway under Northwest Highway connecting the two.
Following the
2022 redesign of DART's bus network, North Irving Transit Center does not receive bus service. The station currently serves as a
park-and-ride
A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system (rap ...
lot for Irving Convention Center station.
History
The first DART facility in Las Colinas, referred to as North Irving Park & Ride, was opened on September 16, 1985. The facility, located at the intersection of O'Connor Boulevard and
Carpenter Highway, was one of the first to be built by DART following its expansion into the suburbs.
In 1988, following a
groundbreaking
Groundbreaking, also known as cutting, sod-cutting, turning the first sod, or a sod-turning ceremony, is a traditional ceremony in many cultures that celebrates the first day of construction for a building or other project. Such ceremonies are ...
ceremony for
South Irving Transit Center, DART announced possible locations for an similar indoor facility in North Irving. The agency purchased a 12-acre parcel for the facility in 1991; North Irving Transit Center opened two years later on June 7, 1993.
In 1995, DART installed a
windmill
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sculpture and a plaque dedicated to local disability advocate Cathy Thomas.
Closure and re-opening
On July 30, 2012, the first phase of DART's
Orange Line, which consisted of three stations, opened. As part of the project, DART opted to move the region's primary transfer point to the new
Las Colinas Urban Center station, leaving North Irving Transit Center with no routes. However, DART was unable to build parking at any of the new stations, necessitating that the transit center's park-and-ride lot remain to service the new line.
On December 3, 2012, alongside the Orange Line's second phase, the transit center was reopened. To improve transfer opportunities, six routes were redirected from Las Colinas Urban Center to Irving Convention Center and/or North Irving Transit Center.
Second closure
The transit center remained open until January 24, 2022, when the bus network was substantially redesigned. The new network's consolidation of existing routes and expansion of on-demand service zones (branded as
GoLink) substantially reduced the number of routes in the area from five to one.
The remaining route (227) services Irving Convention Center directly, again leaving North Irving Transit Center with no routes.
References
External links
DART - North Irving Transit Center
Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Bus stations in Texas
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