Western Terminus: (Satellite)
DART = Dallas Area Rapid Transit
A $1.9b, 26-mile commuter route between Plano and the DFW Airport. It is repurposing the abandoned Cotton Belt right-of-way.
This shows that the project is more complicated than just putting tracks back on the Cotton Belt RoW.
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| The Walsh Group posted Beams set, columns in place, and deck preparations are underway for the bridge that will carry the new 26-mile Dallas Area Rapid Transit Silver Line over US 75 as it services Richardson, Texas. In addition to Richardson, Silver Line will provide regional rail service to seven cities across the northern part of DART's service area, including Grapevine, Coppell, Dallas, Carrollton, Addison and Plano. |
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| Richardson This source provides a target date of 2024. But DART is now saying "Service anticipated: Late 2025 to mid-2026." |
"Even though Dallas accounts for more than half of DART’s revenue from sales tax, the agency serves 13 cities. The agreement that created DART in 1983 promised its suburban member cities an east-west commuter rail line. Seven years later, it bought 54 miles of the old Cotton Belt... It’s living up to its word to build. Far North Dallas just happens to be in the way." [dmagazine]
It doesn't use the Cotton Belt bridge over US-75 so that it can tie into the CityLine/Bush Station.
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| Satellite |
Back when the Cotton Belt (St. Louis Southwestern Railway) was still running.
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| 1954 Dallas and Sherman Quads @ 250,000 |
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