DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – DART has added service for Texas-Oklahoma football rivalry weekend in Dallas.
Officials with Dallas Area Rapid Transit will be ready with additional service as thousands travel to the State Fair to be a part of the game day atmosphere Saturday. DART asks passengers to arrive early since trains typically begin filling more than two hours before kickoff. DART staff will be at Parker Road, Victory and Pearl/Arts District stations four hours before game time to assist customers with ticket purchases.
The GoPass mobile ticketing application makes it easy to buy tickets. The app is available for both Apple and Android. Local Day passes for DART Rail, local bus and passengers riding the TRE from CentrePort or Dallas County stations are $5. Customers coming from Tarrant County or Denton County must purchase a Regional Day Pass for $10. The fares are good for trains, buses or both. Passes are also available at ticket vending machines located at all DART and TRE stations.
DART riders can buy their fair ticket through DART. Just show your purchased fair ticket on GoPass at the gates to get in. Riders can save $2 on every ticket by using GoPass. The fairgrounds are served by two Green Line stations; Fair Park, located on Parry Avenue at the main fair entrance, and MLK, Jr., located south of R.B. Cullum Boulevard and convenient to the Gate 6 entrance and the Cotton Bowl Stadium. To accommodate the game day crowd, DART will place into service additional light rail, buses and Trinity Railway Express (TRE) trains:
Southbound Green Line trains will leave every 10 minutes from North Carrollton/Frankford Station for MLK, Jr. Station as early as four hours before the game. These trains will not serve Victory, West End, Akard, St. Paul, Pearl/Arts District, Deep Ellum, Baylor and Fair Park stations. Transfer to the Green Line circulator at Union Station to reach those stations. The special Green Line circulator starts four hours before the game and operates six trips per hour. The circulator does not stop at Convention Center or Cedars stations and operates continually until approximately four hours after the game.
Northbound Green Line trains leave every 10 minutes from Buckner Station for MLK, Jr. Station as early as three hours before kickoff. These trains will not stop at Fair Park.
Southbound Red and Blue Line passengers can transfer to the Green Line Circulator at Pearl/Arts District Station while northbound Red and Blue line passengers can transfer at Akard Station.
Specially marked southbound Red Line trains will leave every 10 minutes from Parker.
