Silver Line (DART)

"Cotton Belt Rail Line" redirects here. For the historical U.S. Class I railroad commonly known as the Cotton Belt, see St. Louis Southwestern Railway. For other uses, see Cotton Belt (disambiguation).

Silver Line
Logo for the DART Silver Line
Overview
Other name(s)Cotton Belt Rail Line
StatusUnder construction
OwnerDART
LocaleCollin County, Dallas County, and Tarrant County Texas, USA
Termini
Stations10
WebsiteDART Silver Line
Service
TypeHybrid rail
SystemDallas Area Rapid Transit
Services1
Depot(s)Trinity Railway Express Maintenance Facility
Rolling stock8 Stadler FLIRT
Daily ridership7,000 (estimated)[1]
History
Planned opening2026; 2 years' time (2026)
Technical
Line length26 mi (41.84 km)[2]
Track length67.7 mi (108.95 km)
Number of tracks2[3]
Charactercommuter rail on shared freight line
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Operating speed79 mph (130 km/h) (top)[3]
~26 mph (40 km/h) (average)
Route map
Map Silver Line highlighted in silver
Legend
 Shiloh Road
DART Light Rail orange DART Light Rail red to Parker Road
 12th Street
CityLine/Bush
DART Light Rail orange to DFW Airport Terminal A; DART Light Rail red to Westmoreland
 UTD/Synergy Park
Knoll Trail
Addison Transit Center Dallas Area Rapid Transit
DART Light Rail green to Buckner
 Downtown Carrollton
DART Light Rail green to North Carrollton
to TRE Maintenance Facility
 Cypress Waters
TEXRail to T&P Station
DFW Airport North
TEXRail
DART Light Rail orange to LBJ/Central or Parker Road
 DFW Airport Terminal B enlarge…
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport TEXRail Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Handicapped/disabled access All stations are accessible
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The Silver Line, also known as the Cotton Belt Rail Line, is an under construction 26-mile (42 km) hybrid rail (light rail with some features similar to commuter rail) line traversing Collin, Dallas, and Tarrant Counties in the U.S. state of Texas operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART). The line will provide service from Dallas's northeast suburbs of Plano, Richardson, and Addison to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Terminal B.

According to DART, the Silver Line is "designed to provide a high-speed, reliable transit option for residents and commuters with connections to the existing and planned transit systems" and aims to improve transit travel times by providing an alternative to congested roadway networks.[4]

The working name for the project, the Cotton Belt Rail Line, comes from a former subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Railroad, the St. Louis Southwestern Railway, commonly known as the Cotton Belt, which previously owned the line. DART purchased the right-of-way in 1990 for future transit use.

  1. ^ Fink, Jack (September 18, 2017). "1st Look At Renderings Of Rail Stations Along Cotton Belt Commuter Line". 1st Look At Renderings Of Rail Stations Along Cotton Belt Commuter Line. CBS 11. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  2. ^ "Cotton Belt Corridor". Cotton Belt Regional Rail Corridor Information. Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Appendix B: Operations and Maintenance Plan" (PDF). DART. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
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