RBOStop 16 of 22 on the Blue Line
SMU/Mockingbird Station
Stop 16 of 22 on the Blue Line, also on the Red and Orange lines. Blue Line trains every 20 minutes at midday. 12 minutes to Akard, downtown.
What’s within a walk
Rings are straight-line distance at 3 mph, about a quarter mile per 5 minutes. Real walks take longer.
Groceries, coffee, parks and schools land here after Adam walks them with a stopwatch. Nothing is listed until then.
Drive or ride?
From SMU/Mockingbird to
- Drive
- Not timed yetAdam drives it before this fills in
- DART
- 12 min Red Line, no transfer
Scheduled ride from DART’s timetable, weekday midday. Your truck is fine. This is just the other option, timed.
Or finish the video and it stamps itself.
Station facts
- Lines
- Red LineBlue LineOrange Line
- Weekday trains
- Red every 20 min, Blue every 20 min, Orange every 20 min
- To Akard (downtown)
- 12 min on the Red Line
- Address
- Mockingbird Lane and North Central Expwy. (5465 E. Mockingbird Ln., Dallas 75206)
- Connections
- Bay 1: 440 SMU Express; Bay 2: 003; Bay 3: 249; Bay 4: 017; Bay 5: 205; Bay 7: Paratransit, Rail Disruption Shuttle Stop
- Opened
- Not published by DART
- Parking
- Free parking, 140 spaces. Overnight or long-term parking is at the customer's discretion; DART assumes no responsibility for vehicles left overnight.
- Walk times
- Waiting on Adam’s timed walk
Lines and train times: DART’s published schedule (V755-218-220-20261029, valid to Dec 6, 2026), weekday 10am to 2pm. Address, parking, and bus bays are copied from DART’s station page. Opening year is not published on that page. Walk times are waiting on Adam’s own timed walks. Park-and-ride notes and drive times wait on his visit. DART station page.
Videos from this stop
17:08Trip report
7 Stops on DART’s Blue Line: The Real Story of Dallas Transit
Seven stops on DART’s Blue Line, and the real story of Dallas transit.
15:41Trip report
Riding DART to Park Lane Station, Dallas – The Place to Be?
Riding DART to Park Lane Station, and whether it is the place to be.
14:22Trip report
Riding DART to Mockingbird Station, Dallas – Let's Explore
Riding DART to Mockingbird Station for a look around.