As part of the service, the city built a 312-space park-and-ride lot in downtown Garland at the corner of Fifth and Walnut, which opened on November 3, 1975.

[7] In 1993, DART built a new station building, expanded the parking lot to 530 spaces, and renamed the facility to Garland Central Transit Center.

Garland Central Transit Center, which was located near the Missouri–Kansas–Texas right-of-way used for the project, would be the northernmost station on the extension and would open in 2002.

The proposal would bring the station closer to downtown retailers, and it would also allow for the creation of a bridge over a Kansas City Southern corridor, which was necessary to expand the line to Rowlett.

[15] In 2001, Amtrak announced plans for the Crescent Star, a daily passenger train between Fort Worth and New York City.