| 1996 |
1.4 million |
(11 miles opened June 14, 1996) |
| 1997 |
7.97 million |
(6 mile North Central extension (Pearl to Park Lane) and South Oak Cliff extension (Illinois to Ledbetter) opened completing the 20 mile Light Rail Starter System) |
| 1998 |
10.94 million |
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| 1999 |
11.34 million |
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| 2000 |
11.43 million |
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| 2001 |
11.51 million |
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| 2002 |
13.73 million |
(Northeast extensions (Mockingbird to LBJ/Skillman) and North Central extensions (new Park Lane to Galatyn Park) opened) |
| 2003 |
16.97 million |
(Northeast extension (LBJ/Skillman to Downtown Garland) and North Central extension (Galaytn Park to Parker Road) open growing the system to 44 miles) |
| 2004 |
16.49 million |
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| 2005 |
17.48 million |
(Victory Station opens, DART Rail at 45 miles) |
| 2006 |
18.58 million |
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| 2007 |
17.9 million |
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| 2008 |
19.4 million |
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| 2009 |
19 million |
(first four stations of the Green Line open, DART Rail at 48 miles) |
| 2010 |
17.8 million |
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| 2011 |
22.3 million |
(Green Line is completed, extending DART Rail to 72 miles, 55 stations) |
| June 14, 1996 |
DART Rail opens with 11.2 miles. Pearl to Westmoreland Station (Red Line) and Pearl to Illinois Station (Blue Line) |
| January 1997 |
DART extends six miles northward along North Central Expressway (Pearl to Park Lane Station). The new line includes a 3.5-mile subway from downtown to the new Mockingbird Station. |
| May 31, 1997 |
DART completes the 20-mile light rail starter system with the opening of the three-mile long extension of its Blue Line south from Illinois Station to Ledbetter Station. |
| December 18, 2000 |
Cityplace Station, the Southwest's first subway station, opens 120 feet underneath North Central Expressway. |
| September 24, 2001 |
White Rock Station opens, three miles northeast of Mockingbird Station. |
| May 6, 2002 |
LBJ/Skillman Station opens, 3.5 miles from White Rock Station |
| July 1, 2002 |
Seven new stations open, extending the Red Line by more than nine miles. The new stations are a new Park Lane Station, Walnut Hill, Forest Lane, LBJ/Central, Spring Valley, Arapaho Center and Galatyn Park. |
| November 18, 2002 |
Two new stations, Forest/Jupiter and Downtown Garland, extend the Blue Line more than four miles. |
| December 9, 2002 |
Three stations open. Bush Turnpike, Downtown Plano and Parker Road. The opening of the stations brings the DART Rail System to 44 miles and 34 stations, completing one of the largest rail expansion projects in North America and doubling DART's six-year-old, 20-mile light rail system. |
| November 2004 |
Victory Station at American Airlines Center opens. |
| September 14, 2009 |
The first three miles and four new stations of the Green Line opened (MLK, Jr. Station in South Dallas to Victory Station). |
| December 6, 2010 |
The 28-mile, 20 station, $1.8 billion Green Line is completed on schedule and under budget when it opens 24 miles and 15 stations. It iss the longest single-day opening of electric light rail in the United States since 1990.
Lake Highlands Station, DART's first infill station, also opened December 6. The station is located on the Blue Line in northeast Dallas between White Rock and LBJ/Skillman stations. |