page_title: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
section_title: Buses
hierarchical_section_title: Dallas Area Rapid Transit / Buses
caption_attribution_description: English: Irving, Texas Picture of bus awaiting departure at North Irving Transit Center.
context_page_description: Dallas Area Rapid Transit is a transit agency serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex of Texas. It operates buses, light rail, commuter rail, and high-occupancy vehicle lanes in Dallas and twelve of its suburbs. DART was created in 1983 to replace a municipal bus system and funded expansion of the region's transit network through a sales tax levied in member cities. DART's light rail system is the longest in the United States, at over 93 miles, and began operation in 1996. At 95,800 weekday boardings, it is also the 6th busiest light rail system in the United States. DART operates the Trinity Railway Express between Dallas and Fort Worth, through an interlocal agreement with Trinity Metro. The agency also operates the Dallas Streetcar and provides funding for the non-profit McKinney Avenue Streetcar.
context_section_description: In 2015, DART operates 121 fixed-regular bus routes and several circular and shuttle routes. There are 27 local routes, which serve downtown Dallas. Some locals link the suburbs with downtown Dallas. There are 9 express routes which ferry passengers between two areas with limited or no stops in between. These use HOV lanes on freeways when possible. There are 15 suburban routes, which link the suburban neighborhoods of DART to transit centers. DART has 20 crosstown routes which run through Dallas and its suburbs, but not downtown. The final fixed route category are the 50 rail-feeder routes that start and/or end at rail stations.
  Most trips in the DART system are carried by the bus system. In the 1st quarter of 2010, DART had 125,500 bus trips per average weekday out of a total of 194,700 trips.
  DART numbers its bus routes according to the type of route:
  Local routes, serving downtown: 1-183 (routes numbered in the 100's operate via freeways for a portion of the route approaching Downtown Dallas)
  Express routes, limited-stop service using larger vehicles with reclining seats: 200s
  "Suburban" routes, local routes originating at a transit center: 300s
  Crosstown routes, local routes connecting widely separated areas: 400s
  Rail feeder routes, local routes originating at a rail station: 500s
  In addition to the above regular fixed routes, DART will also contract with its neighbors or businesses and run circulators, like the Southern Methodist University or NorthPark Center circulators or shuttles for Texas Instruments or UT Southwestern Medical Center. The circulator routes are given number in the 700 range, while the shuttles are listed in the 800s.
  DART runs its bus system similar to the hub and spoke model some airlines use. DART has several bus-only facilities, which include transit centers, transfer centers, transfer locations, and Park & Rides.
  DART has 7 transit centers, which are:
  Addison Transit Center in Addison, a future rail station on the Cotton Belt in the 2030 plan
  J.B. Jackson Transit Center in Dallas
  Lake Ray Hubbard Transit Center in Garland
  Downtown Irving/Heritage Crossing Station in Irving
  North Irving Transit Center in Irving
  Red Bird Transit Center in Dallas
  South Garland Transit Center in Garland
  Jack Hatchell Transit Center in Plano
  The DART bus system has five transfer locations/centers:
  Bernal/Singleton Transfer Location in Dallas, a possible future rail station on the west rail line toward Grand Prairie in DART's 2030 plan
  Cockrell Hill Transfer Location in Cockrell Hill
  East Transfer Center in downtown Dallas
  Malcolm X Boulevard Transfer Location in South Dallas
  West Transfer Center in downtown Dallas
  Finally, DART has two Park and Ride locations:
  Glenn Heights Park and Ride in Glenn Heights
  Northwest Plano Park and Ride off the Dallas North Tollway just north of Spring Creek Parkway in Plano
  In addition, to make transfers easier, most rail stations are hubs for DART buses.
  On October 2012, DART introduced a new fleet of 14 to 17-passenger buses for its on-call & Flex services, and beginning on October 22, some select bus routes that are less-traveled. Beginning in 2013, DART would replace most of bus fleet with NABI 40LFW buses running off CNG fuel. Voted unanimously, by state government to rapidly revise to a clean-air fleet over their existing diesel buses.
caption: Buses awaiting departure at North Irving Transit Center.
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