Ride DART to: Dallas St. Patrick's Parade and Festival on Greenville Avenue; 2016 DFW Auto Show at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center; Garland Symphony Orchestra in performance at the Granville Arts Center; St. Paddy's Day Dash Down Greenville 5k; Rock 'n' Roll Dallas Saturday 5K at Fair Park; Humana Rock 'n' Roll Dallas Half Marathon in Downtown Dallas; "The Realistic Joneses," part of the WaterTower Theatre's Discover Series at the Addison Theatre Centre; Plano Symphony Orchestra's presentation of "A Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch and The Young Artists" at the Eisemann Center; Snoop Robinson's presentation of "I'm Still Your Mama" at the Eisemann Center; and final days of "Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots" at the Dallas Museum of Art.
Additional DART Rail Service for Saturday, March 19: Special service starts early with trains every 10 minutes southbound from Parker Road Station and northbound from West End Station. Parade goers can take advantage of added trains and capacity with Red and Orange Line trains from Plano operating between 6:28 a.m. to 7:08 p.m. to either Mockingbird, Lovers Lane or Park Lane stations.
Customers from Carrollton, Farmers Branch and Dallas can ride the Green Line and transfer to either the Orange or Red Line in downtown Dallas where additional trains will operate from 8 a.m. to 6:54 p.m. Passengers riding the TRE can transfer to the Orange or special event Red trains at Victory Station. TRE will increase seating capacity on Saturday, March 19.
Save time on the day of the parade: Buy your passes on GoPass℠ now! Remember to activate your pass on parade day before you board your bus or train.
DART Teams Up with Lyft, Uber and MADD for St. Patrick's Events: DART will add trains and capacity beginning at 6:28 a.m. while customers needing help with first-mile and last-mile connections to public transit have options too. Parade and festival goers can use car sharing services like Uber and Lyft. Uber is offering $10 off the first two rides using the code RIDESPD16. Lyft is offering $5 off your first five rides using the code LYFT2DART.
Rider Alert for Bus Routes 502 and 583: Passengers who normally use Routes 502 and 583 at Lovers Lane Station will be unable to do so for much of the day Saturday. Both routes will be detoured from Lovers Lane to serve Mockingbird Station until approximately 6 p.m. or whenever Greenville is re-opened to traffic. Route 502 will continue to serve Park Lane Station. Red and Orange Line trains to Lovers Lane will not be interrupted during the parade.
In Fort Worth: Ride the TRE and The T's Safari Shuttle Note: No TRE service on Sundays.
In Denton: Ride DART and the DCTA A-train to discover the UNT Art Path, a self-guided walking tour of art works on the University of North Texas campus. There is no A-train service on Sundays.
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