South Garland Transit Center is a bus-only mass transit station in the Zacha Junction neighborhood of Garland, Texas. The station is located on a frontage road of Interstate 635 and is operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART).[1] The station has eight bus bays and services twelve bus routes.[3] Routes at the station largely service Garland and East Dallas, with high-frequency connections to Downtown Dallas, Buckner station, and White Rock station.[4]
The transit center previously shared its parking lot with a Cinemark-branded discount theater, which was constructed alongside the station.[5] The theater closed in 2021.[6]
History
The area was originally serviced by South Garland Park & Ride, a park-and-ride lot located at the intersection of Northwest Highway and Jackson Drive, about a mile east of the current station. The lot was built in 1978 by the Dallas Transit System, DART's predecessor.[7] Ridership at the lot was very high; in 1989, a route between it and North Garland Transit Center became the first DART route outside of Dallas to carry over 1,000 passengers per day.[8]
In 1990, seeking to replace the lot, DART selected a 10-acre tract adjacent to Interstate 635 with plans to connect the site to proposed HOV lanes on I-635. When the landowner refused to sell, DART lobbied the city of Garland to obtain the land on its behalf through eminent domain. The move was controversial, as a less expensive site was available, though that site would not have enabled the HOV connection.[7]
Construction of the transit center began in October 1992,[9] and the station opened on September 13, 1993.[2]
References
- ^ a b "South Garland Transit Center". Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ a b "TCI Cablevision's performance to be subject of public hearing". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. 1993-08-19. pp. 1Z – via NewsBank.
- ^ "South Garland Transit Center map" (PDF). Dallas Area Rapid Transit. 2022-01-24.
- ^ "System Map" (PDF). Dallas Area Rapid Transit. 2023-01-23.
- ^ Boehm, Rachel (1992-02-06). "DART, theater team up - Transit center, movie house OK deal to share parking lot". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 1Z – via NewsBank.
- ^ Gallagher, Danny (2022-01-06). "The Curtain Has Closed Forever on the Last Dollar Movie Theater in DFW". Dallas Observer. Voice Media Group. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ a b Kelley, Chris (1990-09-23). "DART move scuttles dreams of landowner". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 33A – via NewsBank.
- ^ Kelley, Chris (1989-07-11). "Threat of federal 'meddling' worries DART officials". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 15A – via NewsBank.
- ^ "DART History". Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Archived from the original on 2023-02-27.
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