Editing Green Line (DART) (section)

==History==
===Proposals===
The future Green Line was studied as two separate segments: the Northwest Corridor (from present-day [[North Carrollton/Frankford station|North Carrollton/Frankford]] to [[Victory station|Victory]])<ref>{{cite archive |item=Final Report Major Investment Study for the DART Northwest Corridor |item-url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1148413/ |type=report |year=2000 |publisher=[[Dallas Area Rapid Transit]] |access-date=2024-02-05 |collection=DART Historical Archive |repository=The Portal to Texas History |institution=[[University of North Texas]]}}</ref> and the Southeast Corridor (from present-day [[Deep Ellum station|Deep Ellum]] to [[Buckner station|Buckner]]).<ref>{{cite archive |item=Southeast Corridor Light Rail Transit in Dallas County, Texas: Final Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(f) Statement |item-url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1148427/ |type=report |date=2003-10-03 |publisher=[[Dallas Area Rapid Transit]] |access-date=2024-02-05 |collection=DART Historical Archive |repository=The Portal to Texas History |institution=[[University of North Texas]]}}</ref>

When the Southeast Corridor was originally proposed, two options were considered for the final segment past [[Lake June station|Lake June Transit Center]]. One option would utilize an existing [[Southern Pacific]] rail corridor paralleling [[U.S. Route 175|US&nbsp;175]], while the other would create a new corridor along Lake June Road stretching into the [[Pleasant Grove, Dallas|Pleasant Grove]] neighborhood. Both proposals terminated at [[Texas State Highway Loop 12|Buckner Boulevard]]. The first proposal was ultimately chosen due to higher costs and neighborhood opposition associated with the second.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hartzel |first1=Tony |title=DART rail path finalized - Track won't trace Lake June Road |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0FC00B934DD580D0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0ED8227B68F3909D |work=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |publisher=[[DallasNews Corporation|A. H. Belo Corporation]] |date=2000-05-10 |pages=31A}}</ref>

===Construction===
*On February 9, 2007, a trench collapsed during construction on the line killing one construction worker.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 9, 2007 |title=1 dead in DART rail construction accident |work=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/dallas/stories/021007dnmetdartaccident.68f625c9.html |access-date=10 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930013148/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/dallas/stories/021007dnmetdartaccident.68f625c9.html |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref>
*On March 12, 2007, the City of Dallas officials and DART made an agreement to make [[Burbank (DART station)|Burbank Station]] (formerly Love Field Station) a surface-level facility after a long debate of whether or not to make it an underground station.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hartzel |first=Tony |date=March 12, 2007 |title=Rail will not tunnel under Love Field |work=The Dallas Morning News |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/031307dnmetdartlove.39c0619.html |access-date=12 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201404/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/031307dnmetdartlove.39c0619.html |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref>
*Effective June 17, 2007, the Live Oak exit on [[Image:US 75.svg|20px]] ([[U.S. Route 75]]) was closed until 2009, as part of the Green Line Rail construction around the Bryan/Hawkins intersection. Two bridges in that area were removed and roads were lowered to street level.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=[[Dallas Area Rapid Transit]] |title=Construction Alerts - Live Oak Exit Closure |url=http://www.dart.org/about/expansion/construction.asp#liveoak |date=July 9, 2007}}</ref>
*On June 8, 2009, full-speed tests of the Green Line were conducted successfully with local officials and members of the media aboard.<ref>{{cite news |last=Visser |first=Nancy |author2=Bruce Tomaso |date=June 9, 2009 |title=DART hosts riders as it tests span of Green Line project |work=Dallas Morning News |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/0609dnmetdart.5eeb7bea.html |access-date=June 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115022334/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/0609dnmetdart.5eeb7bea.html |archive-date=15 January 2010}}</ref>  The route of the test included the four stations, then still under construction, that joined the DART light rail system in September 2009.

===Opening===
The Green Line began operation on September 14, 2009, with a route from [[downtown Dallas]] southeast to [[Fair Park]]; this short route was scheduled to open in time to service the 2009 [[State Fair of Texas]]. On December 6, 2010 the line extended further to [[Pleasant Grove, Dallas, Texas|Pleasant Grove]], as well as continuing northwest from [[Victory (TRE-DART station)|Victory Station]] to [[Farmers Branch, Texas|Farmers Branch]] and [[Carrollton, Texas|Carrollton]]; both extensions, completing the Green Line.<ref name="car">{{cite news |first=Dianne |last=Solis |work=Dallas Morning News |title=Officials reshaping downtown Carrollton around light-rail hopes |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/060909dnmetoldtown.4a65d43.html |date=June 10, 2009 |access-date=June 10, 2009}}</ref>

===Future plans===
The [[D2 Subway]] is planned to be implemented in 2028 and will reroute the Green Line's western terminus over the former Blue Line's tracks to terminate at [[UNT Dallas Station]].