LBJ/Central station

LBJ/Central station is a DART light rail station in Dallas, Texas that serves the Red Line and Orange Line.^[1] During non-peak hours (mornings, evenings, and weekends), it serves as the eastern terminus of the Orange Line.

LBJ/Central
General information
Location	8901 Markville Drive Dallas, Texas
Coordinates	32°55′6″N 96°45′7″W
Owned by	Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	DART: 17, 413-TI Forest Lane Shuttle (weekdays), 417-TI North Shuttle (weekdays), 419-TI South Shuttle (weekdays) North Central Dallas GoLink Zone (M-Sun), North Dallas GoLink Zone (M-Sun), Preston Hollow GoLink Zone (M-Sun)
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	553 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities	2 lockers,[2] 1 rack
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	July 1, 2002[3]
Passengers
FY22	841 (avg. weekday)[4]  11.4%
Services
Preceding station Dallas Area Rapid Transit Following station Forest Lane toward DFW Airport Orange Line Terminus Orange Line (peak-hour only) Spring Valley toward Parker Road Forest Lane toward Westmoreland Red Line
Location

The station is named for the intersection of Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway (I-635) and North Central Expressway (US 75), which it is adjacent to. The station services the two Dallas campuses of Texas Instruments through employee shuttles.^[5] It also services Dallas College Richland Campus through a bus route.^[6]

History

Plans for a station servicing Texas Instruments date back to DART's 1983 rail plan.^[7] The plan called for the station to be the northern terminus of a starter corridor along North Central Expressway.^[8]

Detailed plans for the station were completed in 1997. The plan included a large park-and-ride lot intended for use by commuters on LBJ Freeway, particularly those using LBJ's high-occupancy vehicle lanes, which DART operated at the time.^[9]

The station was built atop two baseball fields,^[9] which were donated to DART by Texas Instruments.^[10] As part of the construction, DART expanded Markville Drive (on the southern side of the station) to meet Floyd Road (now TI Boulevard).^[9]

In tribute to Texas Instruments, the station's façade was decorated with circuit boards. The station's canopy was decorated with translucent panels honoring local organizations and individuals, including TI's Jack Kilby.^[3][11][12] The station was opened on July 1, 2002 as part of the Red Line's third expansion, which expanded the line from Park Lane to Galatyn Park.^[3]