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Dallas light-rail system celebrates inauguration of service to city arena.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, November, 2004

By Tony Hartzel, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Nov. 13--Dallas Area Rapid Transit was the star of the show Friday morning at American Airlines Center.

The transit agency, with help from a train full of local dignitaries, put the wraps on a $79 million production to bring direct light-rail service to the arena. The 1.25-mile extension also marks the first step in future rail line construction to northwest Dallas, Irving, Carrollton and Farmers Branch.

"DART has really shown the world that you can have a modern transportation system that can be run efficiently, on time and under budget," said U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, a staunch DART supporter who helped welcome the trains to Victory Station.

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