Park Lane station (DART)

Park Lane is a DART Light Rail station in northern Dallas, Texas. The elevated station is located at the intersection of Park Lane and Greenville Avenue, about 0.2 mi east of North Central Expressway (US 75). The station serves the Red Line and Orange Line.

The station serves the southern portions of the Vickery Meadow neighborhood, as well as several shopping centers, most notably The Shops at Park Lane. NorthPark Center, which is located on the opposite side of US 75, is serviced by a shuttle bus.

History
Plans for a station on Park Lane date back to 1990 as the northern terminus of a 20 mi starter system. Two potential locations for the station were considered: one south of Park Lane near the NorthPark East office complex (since replaced by The Shops at Park Lane), and one north of Park Lane near a (now-closed) United Artists theater. After a 1990 study determined that the line may require grade separation when crossing Park Lane to prevent traffic congestion, DART ultimately chose to build a temporary ground-level platform at the NorthPark East location, which would not require crossing Park Lane until the line was extended further north.

The station opened on January 10, 1997 as the northern terminus of the Red Line. The station, along with Mockingbird and Lovers Lane, was originally intended to open 6 months prior, but all stations north of Downtown Dallas were delayed due to issues with a subway tunnel between Mockingbird and Pearl station.

Construction on the Red Line's second northern extension, including a bridge over Park Lane and a permanent elevated station, began in April 1999. DART opted to build the new station on the northern side of the road. Local artists Vicki Meek and John Christensen decorated the station with an "urban oasis" theme. It opened to passenger service on June 17, 2002, two weeks before the extension to the Galatyn Park station opened, becoming the first elevated station on the DART light rail system.

The original station was closed and fenced off, but it was retained by DART as a storage corridor. , the original station's platform signage is still present.