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Silver Line train north of Dallas is almost done and more DART news
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Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is nearing completion of the new Silver Line and it's time for some updates.
According to a release, the Silver Line is approximately 85 percent complete with construction, with an estimated completion date of late 2025-early 2026.
The 26-mile rail project will extend from East Plano to DFW Airport’s Terminal B, crossing seven cities — Addison, Carrollton, Coppell, Dallas, Grapevine, Plano, and Richardson — across three counties, with 10 new transit stations.
Three segments
DART and its design-build contractor Archer Western Herzog (AWH) separated the Silver Line into three segments during construction.
- Segment C, which runs between Plano and Richardson, was primarily completed in late 2024, allowing DART to begin testing vehicles in the area late last year.
- Segment A runs from DFW Airport to Carrollton. Vehicle test runs will begin in late January, allowing DART to test the trains, track, signals and crossings while getting engineers comfortable with the new trip routes. Specific testing times have not been set, but DART is working to coordinate with cities and school districts to ensure the public is aware of trains operating on the lines with more frequency.
- Segment B covers the North Dallas, Carrollton, Addison area, where testing continues. According to the release, this segment required some of the most extensive construction and the closure of Hillcrest Road in February 2024.
End-to-end testing of the entire Silver Line track is scheduled to begin this summer once major construction is completed in each segment.
Other projects in play- Maintenance facility. DART just broke ground on a new 40,000-square-foot equipment maintenance facility in October in Plano — a few hundred feet from the Silver Line’s new Shiloh Road Station and behind a 20,000 square-foot office building that DART purchased to serve as the home to Silver Line’s administrative and operations team.
- Elevator tower in Carrollton. DART is also building a new elevator tower in Carrollton to provide a seamless connection between the new Silver Line station and the Green Line’s already-existing aerial platform at the Downtown Carrollton Station.
- Denton connection. Denton County Transit Authority announced plans to extend its service to Downtown Carrollton in the future, so that Denton County riders can access the forthcoming Silver Line. That means that Silver Line passengers will have transit access to Downtown Denton via DCTA’s A-train in Carrollton, and Downtown Fort Worth via Trinity Metro’s TEXRail at the DFW Airport North Station in Grapevine.
