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Dlinkdowntowndallas29jan18.Pdf FREE TO RIDE! DART AROUND DOWNTOWN DART RAIL MAP ROUTH DART AROUNROSSD AVE DOWNTOWN DDTC MedPark to Denton FREE TO RIDE! PEARL ST HV/LL M-LINE TO GASTON ELM PEARL & A OLIVE ST UPTOWN SAN JACINTO CEDAR DOWNTOWN D-LINK SPRINGS RD Old Town Deep Ellum MAIN ST DART AROUNRDoute DO W722NTOWN DALLAS ARTS Hebron DALLAS RODGERS FWYDISTRICT DEEP N. CARROLLTON/ PARKER ROAD DART AROUND DOWNTOWN A 19 FRANKFORD 17 ELLUM Terminal Downtown Effective January 29, 2018 WOODALL Plano COMMERCEGOOD LATIMER A DFW AIRPORT MCKINNEY 18 & ELM ST B CityLine/Bush Trinity Mills Downtown GOOD LATIMER ROWLETT Victory KLYDE WARREN PARK Galatyn Park ST East Transfer Belt Line Downtown Center Downtown Arapaho BROOM ST CESAR CHAVEZ BLVD Carrollton Garland FEDERALSt. Paul CANTON HARWOOD ST Only Peak Weekday ORANGE LINE Spring Valley PEARL ST North Lake ST. PAUL MAIN ST College Forest/Jupiter ROSS JACINTOAVE ST Akard Farmers LBJ/Central West Transfer FIELD Branch SAN GRIFFIN Irving Center Forest Lane LBJ/Skillman ST 14 Convention 15 Center ST 13 FARMERS C MARKET Royal Lane Walnut Hill West End LAMAR ST Lake CANTON ST Las Colinas Highlands RECORD STWEST END MAIN STREET 16 Urban Center Park Lane AKARD ST DISTRICT Walnut Hill/ HOUSTON DALLAS FARMERS 12 Denton Lovers Lane White Rock MARKET DISTRICT 11 FIELD ST Univ. Dallas MAIN & MARILLA ST ST PACIFIC AVE ST. PAUL D MAIN 10 Hop on for FREE. Bachman Hop on for FREE. Mockingbird E & LAMAR MARKET STCOMMERCE ST ELM ST MAIN ST WOOD ST Kay Bailey Hutchison Cityplace/Uptown 9 4 Convention Center Burbank 2 CONVENTION CENTER 3 MAP NOT TO SCALE Deep Ellum F 1 Inwood/ Pearl/Arts STATION Love Field District Hop off for FUN. Baylor Univ. TRINITY RIVER 8 LEGEND 6 Cedars LEGEND St. Paul Med. Ctr. 30 a.m. – 9 5 LAMAR ST YOU ARE HERE SWMD/ 0: :30 D-Link Route & Stop Fair Park 1 YOUNG ST Parkland Akard s, p. Union D-Link Route & Stop te m Station 7 Dallas Streetcar & Stop u ., Dallas Streetcar & Stop Market Ctr. West End MLK in 7 2 MIN-WALK DART Light Rail and Station d DALLAS STREETCAR DART Light Rail and Station m 5 MIN-WALK Medical/ a Market Center Union 5 y TO BISHOP ARTS M-Line Trolley TO BISHOP ARTS Victory Station 1 s REUNION Downtown Irving/ Hatcher y a DISTRICT TrinitTrinityy Railwa Railway yExpress Express DOWNTOWN Route 722 Serves All DISTRICT Heritage Crossing r DISTRICT DALLAS w Commuter Rail and Station e POWHATTAN ST Commuter Rail and Station West Irving Convention Ctr. v Local Bus Stops BELLEVIEW ST e e CentrePort/ Fare Zone e Lawnview k DFW Airport Boundary Cedars e c i Bell v STOP NUMBERS AND PLACES OF INTEREST 8th & Corinth Lake June r Richland Hills e 1. Convention Center Station 7. Dallas Streetcar, TRE & Union Station 13. Pegasus Plaza HOLIDAY SCHEDULE Fort Worth ITC S A Saturday schedule will be operated 2. Kay Bailey Hutchison 8. Dealey Plaza & Sixth Floor 14, 15. Main Street Garden on the day after Thanksgiving Day. T & P STATION BUCKNER Convention Center Museum at Dealey Plaza A Sunday schedule will be operated (Westbound) FORT WORTH Morrell 16. Dallas Farmers Market on days observed for Memorial Day, 3. Omni Dallas Hotel/ 9. John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Illinois 17. Deep Ellum Dallas Zoo Restaurants Sixth Floor Museum at Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Kiest Dealey Plaza & West End HORARIO PARA DIAS DE FIESTA 4. Lubben Plaza 18. McKinney Ave Trolley, Tyler/Vernon VA Medical Ctr. Dallas Arts District & Horario de Sábado se efectuará el día 10, 11. West End & West End Station después del Thanksgiving Day. 5. Dallas Streetcar, TRE & Klyde Warren Park Horario de Domingo se efectuará los Hampton Ledbetter Hyatt Regency Dallas 12. Belo Garden & Rosa Parks Plaza Dias de Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, 19. Pearl/Arts District Station Camp Wisdom Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day y el WESTMORELAND 6. Ferris Plaza Park New Year’s Day. UNT Dallas DART.org/dlink OOR M FL U H Explore S T E Explore downtown Dallas on D-Link. X U I the life, death M Just a few of the S and legacy A T of JFK. DE A adventures you can ALEY PLAZ take on D-Link! FAR AS M D-Link is the FREE L E L Enjoy R A S D merchants, way for visitors and artisans and great family fun! newcomers to see the M E T A R K DEEP Discover best of Dallas. music, explore art and expect the unexpected. E L From the historic D-Link buses run every 15 minutes L U M Majestic Theatre seven days a week, from 10:30 a.m. and the original to 9:30 p.m. It’s your link to arts, fun, AS AR LL T Neiman Marcus culture and A S D Discover art store to the dining, and museums, performance halls and more. Nasher Sculpture it’s always D T I S T R I C Center and the FREE to ride. Old Red Museum of Dallas County History and Culture, D-Link lets you discover them all. Hop on for FREE. FUN. off for FUN. CA D-Link is also your connection Hop E N P Dig in at to other transit services – this award-winning barbecue joint. from DART buses and L E O D G trains to the M-Line Trolley and Dallas Streetcar – so you can E WAR YD R L Enjoy the E explore even more in K great outdoors N in the heart of Uptown and the Bishop the arts district. P Arts District. A R K Every 15 minutes – seven days a week, from 10:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. .
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