Parker Road station is a

DART Light Rail DART Light Rail is the light rail system serving the metropolitan area of Dallas, Texas and is owned and operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART). The DART Light Rail system opened June 14, 1996 and serves 65 stations and four lines, cover ...

station in

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. It is located at the intersection of Park Boulevard and Archerwood Street near

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( Central Expressway). It opened December 9, 2002, and is the northern terminus of the . It was originally called East Plano Transit Center before the light rail station opened up. The terminates some trains at Parker Road during peak hours for direct service to

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History

In July 2011, it was announced that Parker Road station along with the North Carrollton / Frankford station on the Green Line and the

Northwest Plano Park & Ride Northwest Plano Park & Ride is a bus-only park and ride station located on Communications Parkway in Plano, Texas. It is owned and operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART). It is one of the few DART transit centers outside the Dallas County ...

would be part of a pilot program that charged passengers from non-DART cities for parking. However, on April 3, 2014 DART eliminated the program (due to costs), but at Parker Road, cars with permits (passengers in a DART city) would have a few reserved lots, and the other lots were free for anyone to park.

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DART - Parker Road Station
Dallas Area Rapid Transit light rail stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 2002 2002 establishments in Texas Railway stations in Collin County, Texas Transportation in Plano, Texas {{Texas-railstation-stub