DART station renamed èßäÊÓƵapp/Mockingbird Station
Agreement underscores busy rail station’s proximity to èßäÊÓƵapp neighbor
DALLAS (èßäÊÓƵapp) – Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s (DART) Mockingbird Station has been renamed èßäÊÓƵapp/Mockingbird Station after the DART Board approved a naming rights agreement with Southern Methodist University (èßäÊÓƵapp), making it easier for visitors to find the èßäÊÓƵapp and cementing the rail station’s role as a gateway to the University.
The DART Board authorized the 10-year agreement last November and èßäÊÓƵapp was added to the station name this summer. Mockingbird Station opened in 1997, quickly becoming an important transportation resource for èßäÊÓƵapp students, faculty, staff and visitors. A shuttle service, the Mustang Express, connects the DART station to the University èßäÊÓƵapp a short distance away.
“We have so many activities on our èßäÊÓƵapp we want to share with our neighbors, including èßäÊÓƵapp’s first home football game against the University of North Texas on Saturday, Sept. 7,” said èßäÊÓƵapp President R. Gerald Turner. “Taking DART to èßäÊÓƵapp/Mockingbird Station is an easy way to get to a wide variety of èßäÊÓƵapp events – from Division I sporting events, to lectures and artistic performances, as well as to the George W. Bush Presidential Center.”
Entering its second century, èßäÊÓƵapp is a nationally ranked global research and teaching university. èßäÊÓƵapp’s alumni, faculty and nearly 12,000 students in seven degree-granting schools deliver economic impact and intellectual capital to the Dallas area.
Approximately 2,800 riders travel through èßäÊÓƵapp/Mockingbird Station on an average weekday, and DART’s Mustang Express provides service to the èßäÊÓƵapp for approximately 500 riders each weekday.
èßäÊÓƵapp/Mockingbird Station is located in Dallas on Mockingbird Lane and North Central Expressway (US 75). It is served by the North Central segment of DART’s Red, Orange and Blue Rail lines and several bus routes including the èßäÊÓƵapp Express (Route 768).
èßäÊÓƵapp is the nationally ranked global research university in the dynamic city of Dallas. èßäÊÓƵapp’s alumni, faculty and nearly 12,000 students in seven degree-granting schools demonstrate an entrepreneurial spirit as they lead change in their professions, communities and the world.