UNT Dallas station
DART rail station in Dallas, Texas
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UNT Dallas station is a DART rail station in South Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas. The station is located on University Hills Road, approximately 1⁄3 mile (0.54 km) southeast of the University of North Texas at Dallas campus and 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) north of Interstate 20.
UNT Dallas | |||||||||||
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| Location | 7300 University Hills Road Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°39′15″N 96°48′04″W | ||||||||||
| System | DART rail | ||||||||||
| Owner | Dallas Area Rapid Transit | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Inland Port GoLink Zone (M-Sun) Glenn Heights GoLink Zone (M-Sun) STARNow: Cedar Hill, DeSoto, Duncanville, Hutchins, Lancaster, Wilmer[1] | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 457 spaces[2] | ||||||||||
| Accessible | yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | October 24, 2016[3] | ||||||||||
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| FY 2025 | 771 (avg. weekday)[4]  4% | ||||||||||
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The station is the southern terminus of the Blue Line. In addition to the UNTD campus, the station serves as a park-and-ride lot for commuters on I-20 and I-35E. It also serves as a connection point for the microtransit services GoLink and STARNow, which serve southern Dallas County.
History
UNT Dallas was constructed as the terminus of the South Oak Cliff extension, which extended the Blue Line south from Ledbetter. A groundbreaking for the extension was held on October 6, 2014,[5] and the extension opened on October 24, 2016.[3]
