Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Red and Blue Line DART customers - no Union Station service April 12 - May 26

Notice to anyone who uses or passes through Union Station on the Red or Blue lines.

Red and Blue Line trains WILL NOT BE STOPPING at Union Station during the period April 12 - May 26. They will be doing construction on the rails.

The TRE will continue to stop at Union Station, but will board using the Amtrak platforms.

"Shuttle buses will be provided between Union Station and both West End and Convention Center stations, where passengers can board regularly scheduled northbound and southbound Red and Blue Line trains. TRE customers will have the option of using the bus shuttles or transferring to the DART Rail Green Line at Victory Station for connections to the Red or Blue lines at any downtown station.

Bus shuttles board at the RED BUS STOP located near each station. At Union Station, the stop is in front of the building on Houston Street. At West End Station, it is at the southbound bus stop on Lamar Street, and the Convention Center Station stop is adjacent to the northbound platform on Memorial Drive."

For more details see the rider alert at http://www.dart.org/rideralerts/fullRA.asp?id=682