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Knoll Trail station

Knoll Trail
General information
Location15292 Knoll Trail Drive
Dallas, Texas
Coordinates32°57′45″N 96°49′08″W / 32.962369°N 96.818822°W / 32.962369; -96.818822
Owned byDallas Area Rapid Transit
PlatformsTwo side platforms
ConnectionsBus interchange DART: 1 route[1]
Construction
Structure typeAt Grade
AccessibleYes
History
Opening2025-2026
Future services
Preceding station Dallas Area Rapid Transit Following station
Addison Transit Center
toward DFW Airport/Terminal B
 Silver Line UTD/Synergy Park
toward Shiloh Road

Knoll Trail station is a future DART Silver Line commuter rail station in Dallas, Texas. The station will open with the Silver Line when it is completed in late 2025 or early 2026.[2]

The station will be located in Far North Dallas near the intersection of Arapaho Road and Dallas North Tollway. It will serve adjacent apartment and office complexes,[3] as well as Prestonwood Town Center. The station will also be a connection point for service to Galleria Dallas and the proposed Dallas Midtown development.[4] Unlike most DART stations, Knoll Trail will not have a dedicated parking lot.[5]

The station will be decorated with an "urban refuge" theme.[6]

History

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In 1990, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) purchased a former St. Louis Southwestern Railway corridor between Fort Worth and Plano for a future commuter rail line.[7]

In 2006, the city of Dallas proposed a development plan for the Far North Dallas segment of the corridor. The plan proposed three stations on the segment, including one at Knoll Trail.[8] The other two Far North Dallas stations (located at Preston Road and Coit Road) would later be removed from the plan,[9] but Knoll Trail was retained.

In 2017, developers for the Dallas Midtown project (located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of the rail line at the former site of Valley View Center) proposed an elevated transit system connecting the project and Knoll Trail station.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "Fact Sheet: City of Dallas & City of Coppell" (PDF). Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  2. ^ "Silver Line Project". Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  3. ^ "Fact Sheet: Knoll Trail Silver Line Station" (PDF). Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  4. ^ Kalthoff, Ken (August 23, 2018). "Vision 2020: Cotton Belt Rail Could Finally be Under Construction". NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. NBC Owned Television Stations. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  5. ^ Bennett, Chloe (June 10, 2021). "Here are all the stations along DART's Silver Line and how long it will take to get to DFW Airport from each". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  6. ^ "Silver Line Newsletter: September 2021" (PDF). Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  7. ^ Kelley, Chris (September 26, 1990). "DART to buy Cotton Belt rail strip: Line won't be used until after 2010". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 23A – via NewsBank.
  8. ^ Shambaugh, Ann Marie (March 2, 2012). "Residents concerned about Cotton Belt plans". NeighborsGo Richardson-Lake Highlands-Far North Dallas. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. R4 – via NewsBank.
  9. ^ Pugh, Gavin (August 28, 2018). "Transit agency board of directors votes to remove Coit, Preston Road rail stations from future Cotton Belt line". Community Impact Dallas-Fort Worth. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  10. ^ Carlisle, Candace (September 28, 2017). "First look at proposed Amazon HQ2 in North Dallas". WFAA. Tegna Inc. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  11. ^ "Dallas Midtown Autonomous Transportation System and Shared Parking Feasibility Study" (PDF). North Central Texas Council of Governments. pp. 5–11, 5–12.


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