Forest/Jupiter station

Forest/Jupiter station is a DART light rail station in Garland, Texas. The station is located in western Garland at the intersection of Forest Lane and Jupiter Road. It is served by the Blue Line.^[1]

Forest/Jupiter
DART light rail station
General information
Location	3232 Forest Lane Garland, Texas
Coordinates	32°54′29″N 96°40′46″W
Owned by	Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Connections	DART: 22, 245, and 247
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	563 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities	4 lockers,[2] 1 rack
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	November 18, 2002 (2002-11-18)[3]
Services
Preceding station Dallas Area Rapid Transit Following station LBJ/Skillman toward UNT Dallas Blue Line Downtown Garland toward Downtown Rowlett
Location

The station serves a large industrial corridor (including facilities for Sherwin-Williams and Kraft Heinz) and the Garland Independent School District administration building. A neighborhood 2⁄3 mile (1.1 km) north of the station contains the Walnut Creek Branch of Garland's Nicholson Memorial Library System.^[1]

History

Plans for a station at the Forest/Jupiter intersection date back to DART's first rail plan in 1983. The station would be built on an existing freight corridor constructed by the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad.^[4] A more detailed plan of the corridor in 1997 proposed that the station and the crossings over Forest and Jupiter be elevated;^[5] ultimately, the station was constructed at-grade, but the crossings remained elevated.

The Blue Line was extended to both Forest/Jupiter and Downtown Garland on November 18, 2002.^[3] The station was decorated with stylized plows and gearworks, as well as a 25-foot (7.6 m) wind-activated sculpture, which contains stylized prayer wheels in tribute to the area's Asian population.^[6][7]

On August 15, 2009, the station was temporarily closed due to a chemical spill in an adjacent industrial park.^[8]

In 2013, the city of Garland created a tax increment financing district for the area around the station.^[9]