Forest/Jupiter station

Forest/Jupiter station is a DART rail station in Garland, Texas. The station is located in western Garland at the intersection of Forest Lane and Jupiter Road. It is served by the.
The station serves a large industrial corridor and the Garland Independent School District administration building. A neighborhood north of the station contains the Walnut Creek Branch of Garland's Nicholson Memorial Library System.

History

Plans for a station at the Forest/Jupiter intersection date back to DART's first rail plan in 1983. The station would be built on an existing freight corridor constructed by the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad. A more detailed plan of the corridor in 1997 proposed that the station and the crossings over Forest and Jupiter be elevated; ultimately, the station was constructed at-grade, but the crossings remained elevated.
The Blue Line was extended to both Forest/Jupiter and Downtown Garland on November 18, 2002. The station was decorated with stylized plows and gearworks, as well as a wind-activated sculpture, which contains stylized prayer wheels in tribute to the area's Asian population.
On August 15, 2009, the station was temporarily closed due to a chemical spill in an adjacent industrial park.
In 2013, the city of Garland created a tax increment financing district for the area around the station.