Downtown Irving/Heritage Crossing (TRE station)

Downtown Irving/Heritage Crossing Station
DART Buses and TRE Train awaiting departures from South Irving Station (2007).
Location	201 Rock Island Road Irving, Texas 75060
Coordinates	32°48′54″N 96°56′52″W / 32.8149°N 96.9478°WCoordinates: 32°48′54″N 96°56′52″W / 32.8149°N 96.9478°W
Owned by	Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Line(s)	Trinity Railway Express
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	DART Routes 63 (M-F), 401 (M-F), 408, 501, 504 (M-Sat), 507 (M-Sat), 508 (M-Sat), 514 (M-F), and 549 DART Flex - South Irving (840) (M-Sat)
Construction
Parking	free, no overnight
Bicycle facilities	bike racks available
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	Eastern TRE Fare Zone (TRE)
History
Opened	December 30, 1996[1]
Services
Preceding station   Trinity Railway Express   Following station West Irving toward T&P Trinity Railway Express Medical/Market Center toward Dallas   Former services   Rock Island Line Fort Worth toward Minneapolis Minneapolis – Houston Dallas toward Dallas and Houston

Downtown Irving/Heritage Crossing Station (Formerly South Irving Transit Center and later South Irving Station since 2002) is a Trinity Railway Express commuter rail station located in Irving, Texas at Rock Island Road, east of O'Connor Road (between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas). It opened on December 30, 1996, and is a station on the TRE commuter line, serving downtown Irving, including the Irving Heritage District and the Irving Civic Center. This station is also served by DART.

On July 30, 2012; South Irving Station was renamed as Downtown Irving/Heritage Crossing Station as part of the service changes effective for that date to better reflect new identities created by their evolving neighborhoods or surrounding developments.^[2]

Gallery

• 
  DART Bus awaiting departure from South Irving.
• 
  A DART Flex shuttle awaiting departure. The DART Flex service has started since March 3, 2008. These buses have been discontinued in October 2012.
• 
  A new DART Flex shuttle bus awaiting departure. These buses have been introduced in October 2012.

References

1. Howell, Curtis (December 31, 1996). "Trinity Express departs on time: Almost 4,000 climb aboard DART's first Irving rail line". The Dallas Morning News. p. 1.
2. DART Major Service Change - Three Rail Stations Receiving New Names as Part of July Service Changes - Dallas Area Rapid Transit (accessed July 9, 2012)

External links

• Media related to Downtown Irving/Heritage Crossing (TRE station) at Wikimedia Commons
• TRE - Downtown Irving/Heritage Crossing Station
• Dallas Area Rapid Transit