Cityplace/Uptown station (formerly Cityplace station) is a

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station located in

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. It is located beneath

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(

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) at Haskell Avenue in the Cityplace district. As an

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DART station, it opened on December 18, 2000 as the first public subway station in the Southwest (the

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in Fort Worth, though open to the public, was a privately owned light rail). The station is tri-level in design, reaching depths of beneath

. The south end of the platforms are reached from the surface via stairs, three pairs of escalators, or elevators (3 traditional and 2

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s). The station is shared between the , , and lines. The east entrance is located at the base of

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, serving that tower and surrounding retail. The west entrance serves

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, the M-line Trolley and Uptown area. Original station plans allowed for another set of entrances at the north end of the platforms, which could serve future development north of Haskell Boulevard. Cityplace remains the only underground station on the DART rail system (the nearby Knox-Henderson station was deferred after community opposition, and subway stations built under the

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project are still in the planning stage). The other two remaining stations for the tunnel are Pearl/Arts District and Mockingbird. Both of these stations are outside the tunnel. On July 30, 2012, Cityplace station was renamed as Cityplace/Uptown station as part of the service changes effective for that date to better reflect new identities created by their evolving neighborhoods or surrounding developments.DART Major Service Change - Three Rail Stations Receiving New Names as Part of July Service Changes
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Cityplace StationDART Train departing CityPlace Stationphoto, view from inclined elevator
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