The southern terminus of the line is currently at Ledbetter Station in south Dallas at Lancaster Road, just south of Ledbetter Drive. The line runs north, under the Dallas Convention Center and through downtown Dallas. After leaving Mockingbird Station, the line diverts to the northeast towards White Rock Lake. The line then goes north and then east into Garland, finally ending at the Downtown Garland Station at Walnut and Fifth Streets.
The rail line was part of the initial launch of DART's light rail service in 1996. At the time, the line only ran from Illinois Station (near Mountain View College) to Pearl Station in the northeast corner of downtown. In 1997, the Blue Line was extended south to Ledbetter Station and was extended along the Red Line to Mockingbird Station, in preparation for the future extension to Garland.
Current plans for the Blue Line call for the further extension through Garland into Rowlett, connecting to the Rowlett Park & Ride. There are also plans to extend the southern terminus beyond Ledbetter Station to Interstate 20.
She has been a member of the Transit Museum for several years and has been to every active station in the system, and most of the closed ones too.
Contributed the Dallas DART and Tandy Subway photos, and the Second Ave Subway timeline, as well as numerous bus photos from the Avenue B and East Broadway and NYCTA operations.
His first transit experience was riding the Q27 in 1952, from Bayside en route to the Flushing subway.
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