The first DART facility in Las Colinas, referred to as North Irving Park & Ride, was opened on September 16, 1985. The facility, located at the intersection of O'Connor Boulevard and
Carpenter Highway, was one of the first to be built by DART following its expansion into the suburbs. In 1988, following a
groundbreaking ceremony for
South Irving Transit Center, DART announced possible locations for a similar indoor facility in North Irving. The agency purchased a 12-acre parcel for the facility in 1991; North Irving Transit Center opened two years later on June 7, 1993.
Closure and re-opening On July 30, 2012, the first phase of DART's
Orange Line, which consisted of three stations, opened. As part of the project, DART opted to move the region's primary transfer point to the new
Las Colinas Urban Center station, leaving North Irving Transit Center with no routes. However, DART was unable to build parking at any of the new stations, necessitating that the transit center's park-and-ride lot remain to service the new line.
Second closure The transit center remained open until January 24, 2022, when the bus network was substantially redesigned. The new network's consolidation of existing routes and expansion of on-demand service zones (branded as
GoLink) substantially reduced the number of routes in the area from five to one. The remaining route (227) services Irving Convention Center directly, again leaving North Irving Transit Center with no routes. On October 25, 2022, DART sold of the transit center's parking lot to the city of Irving for the construction of a new
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