Galatyn Park station

Galatyn Park station is a DART light rail station in Richardson, Texas. The station serves the Red Line and, during peak periods, the Orange Line.^[1] It is located on a frontage road of North Central Expressway (US 75) and is named for the adjacent Galatyn Park Urban Center development.

Galatyn Park
DART light rail station
Galatyn Park Station platform
General information
Location	2500 North Central Expressway Richardson, Texas 75082
Coordinates	32°59′6″N 96°42′39″W
Owned by	Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Connections	408-Galatyn Park Shuttle (M-F)
Construction
Bicycle facilities	two racks
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	July 1, 2002
Services
Preceding station Dallas Area Rapid Transit Following station Arapaho Center toward Westmoreland Red Line CityLine/Bush toward Parker Road Arapaho Center toward DFW Airport Orange Line (peak-hour only)
Location

The station is adjacent to the Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts and a portion of Richardson's Telecom Corridor, which includes offices for AT&T, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, GEICO,^[1] Goldman Sachs, and CBRE Group.^[2] A shuttle bus connects to the Palisades office and residential park on the other side of US 75.^[3] A plaza adjacent to the station hosts the annual Wildflower! Arts and Music Festival.

History

Initial plans for the North Central Corridor, which became the northern segment of the Red Line, included a station at Campbell Road, 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) south of the modern Galatyn Park station. The Campbell Road station was not intended for the initial corridor, being deferred to a second build-out phase.^[4]

Around the same time, the city of Richardson and a private developer had proposed a 250-acre development adjacent to the rail line, Galatyn Park Urban Center. The development would contain apartments, office buildings, a hotel, and a performing arts venue.^[5][6][7] DART agreed to move the Campbell Road station to Galatyn Park and to include it in the initial build-out.^[8]

The station opened on July 1, 2002, as part of the Red Line's third major expansion. It served as the northern terminus of the line until December 9, when the line was extended to Parker Road.^[9] In tribute to the Telecom Corridor, the station was decorated with a technology theme, featuring abstract satellite dishes, bundles of steel resembling communication wires, stylized circuit boards, and panels that spell "GALATYN PARK" in Morse code, analog signal, and teletype.^[10][11]

References

1. "Galatyn Park Station". Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
2. Parton, Mitchell (September 11, 2023). "Bank of America left an entire office building in Richardson. Now it's getting a redo". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
3. "DART announces shuttle agreements". Mass Transit. October 14, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
4. "North Central Corridor LRT Extension: Final Environmental Impact Statement" [report]. DART Historical Archive, pp. 2-18. The Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas.
5. Richter, Marice (April 4, 1997). "Richardson, DART discuss light-rail plans". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 6K – via NewsBank.
6. Post, Sarah (October 4, 2001). "Galatyn Park plans taking shape - High-density apartment outlines OK'd". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 1R – via NewsBank.
7. Kirkpatrick, John; Brown, Steve (March 7, 1997). "Nortel to build in Telecom Corridor site Project is central to major Richardson development". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 1D – via NewsBank.
8. Hartzel, Tony (March 21, 2002). "DART expansion chugging along - Rail to arrive faster, cheaper than expected". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 1P – via NewsBank.
9. "Dallas Light Rail Opens First Stations Serving Suburban Cities". Light Rail Now. August 20, 2002. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
10. Hartzel, Tony (June 9, 2002). "Richardson rail stops make history". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 38A – via NewsBank.
11. "DART Gallery: A Collection of Public Art" (PDF). Dallas Area Rapid Transit. p. 18. Retrieved October 1, 2023.

External links

• Dallas Area Rapid Transit - Galatyn Park Station