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4/19/2021
Dallas Area Rapid Transit's (DART) board last week authorized a payment of $21.5 million to Trinity Metro for reimbursement of project costs from the construction of approximately 2 miles of rail and platform facilities linking the proposed Cotton Belt line to the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) Terminal B passenger-rail platform.
The reimbursement is associated with the facilities to be shared by the DART Silver Line. In addition, DART will provide Trinity Metro $6 million for access rights to Terminal B at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport for the future DART Silver Line project once it begins revenue service in 2023.
"The Silver Line helps address strong demand by a growing number of residents and employees in the eastern portion of the region for a convenient and efficient connection to DFW Airport," said DART Chairman Paul Wageman in a press release.
With revenue service scheduled for 2023, the 26-mile Silver Line project will serve seven cities between DFW Airport — Grapevine, Coppell, Dallas, Carrollton, Addison, Richardson and Plano — and include 10 new stations.
When completed, the $1.3 billion Silver Line will connect with the Trinity Metro TEXRail commuter-rail line at DFW North station.