DART - Silver Line

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OVERVIEW

The DART Silver Line is a 26-mile regional rail service linking seven cities—Grapevine, Coppell, Dallas, Carrollton, Addison, Richardson, and Plano—and providing a key connection to DFW International Airport. Crossing three counties (Collin, Dallas, and Tarrant), the line improves access to jobs and educational opportunities while helping drive regional economic growth.

Service on the Silver Line began October 25, 2025.

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SILVER LINE PROJECT AT A GLANCE

Map showing alignment of DART Silver Line rail through the seven cities it traverses

11,200
Anticipated 2040 Weekday Riders

210,000
Jobs within 1/2 Mile of Corridor

2025-26
Anticipated Opening Year

10
Regional Rail Stations

58 mins
DFW Airport to Plano

26 mi
Through 7 cities

$2.098B
Project Budget

4
Rail Connections (Orange, Green & Red LRT, and TEXRail)

RICHARDSON SERVED BY TWO SILVER LINE STATIONS

CITYLINE/BUSH STATION (Fact Sheet)

1,240 Anticipated Daily Riders in 2040
1,100+ Parking Spaces
Projected Travel Time
- 51 min. to DFW Airport Terminal B
- 8 min. to Shiloh Road Station in Plano
Pedestrian Connections
- CityLine mixed use development, Cotton Belt Regional Trail
Transit Connections
- DART Red/Orange Line, DART Buses, GoLink

UT DALLAS STATION (Fact Sheet)

1,205 Anticipated Daily Riders in 2040
200+ Parking Spaces
Projected Travel Time
- 44 min. to DFW Airport Terminal B
- 15 min. to Shiloh Road Station in Plano
Pedestrian Connections
- UT Dallas campus (30,000+ students), multi-family housing, future TOD development, Cotton Belt Regional Trail
Transit Connections
- DART Buses

STATION OVERVIEW / POINTS OF INTEREST

Richardson is home of the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), which is ranked as the #1 best value public university in Texas on Forbes’ list of America’s Best Value Colleges. Also named as a Best Value College by The Princeton Review for the last seven years, UTD is a public research university with more than 30,000 students and more than 140 academic degrees including top-ranked programs in science, technology, engineering, arts, and management.

Experience some of the country’s top rated and most anticipated events, award winning fine arts festivals, concerts and fireworks shows. In the City of Richardson, you’ll find endless possibilities of engagement for everyone in the family. Rich in culture and arts, the City of Richardson is the perfect place to stop and take it all in. Featuring the CityLine/Bush and UT Dallas Stations, Richardson is a place where commuters can move to all points on the compass and have limitless transport possibilities.