The station services several strip malls along Greenville Avenue, the Energy Square and Meadows Building office complexes, and the residential complex The Village.[1]
Unlike most DART stations, Lovers Lane station does not have a park-and-ride lot. As of June 2024[update], the station also does not receive bus service, though two bus routes can be accessed from Greenville Avenue one block east of the station entrance.[3]
History
Initial plans for the Lovers Lane station suggested either an at-grade or aerial station, both of which would have an 800-space parking lot and would be located south of an elevated crossing at Lovers Lane.[4] Due to costs, DART chose to remove the parking lot from the plans, which nearly led to the station being rejected by the Dallas City Plan Commission.[5]
As part of DART's Station Art & Design Program, DART installed tile mosaics depicting bois d'arc trees and ten windscreens featuring poems by local poet Robert Trammell.[6][7][8] The station opened on January 10, 1997 alongside Mockingbird and Park Lane stations.[2]
At opening, the station was the eastern terminus of a shuttle to Dallas Love Field. The route was eliminated in 2003 in favor of a connection to Downtown Dallas.[9]
In 2008, the city of Dallas established a four-segment tax increment financing district around several DART rail stations. One of the sub-districts consists of land along Greenville Avenue between Lovers Lane and SMU/Mockingbird stations.[10]
