Addison Transit Center
{{Short description|Bus station in Addison, Texas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Addison {{Airportsign|size=20px|airport=Addison Airport}}
| style = Dallas Area Rapid Transit
| image = Addison Transit Center parking at night.jpg
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| address = 4925 Arapaho Rd.
Addison, Texas 75001
| coordinates = {{coord|32|57|31|N|96|49|41|W|region:US-TX_type:railwaystation|display=title;inline}}
| line = Silver Line (future)
| other = {{rint|bus|1}} DART: {{DART LB|22}}, {{DART LB|200}}, {{DART LB|202}}, {{DART LB|227}}, {{DART LB|229}}, {{DART LB|235}}, {{DART LB|236}}, {{DART LB|237}}, {{DART LB|238}}, {{DART LB|239}}, {{DART LB|250}}, {{DART EB|305}} (M-F)
{{DART GL|kellersprings|Keller Springs|(M-Sun)}}
| platform =
| parking = 300 spaces{{Cite web |title=Addison Transit Center |url=https://www.dart.org/guide/transit-and-use/rail/rail-station-detail/addison-transit-center |website=Dallas Area Rapid Transit}}
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| opened = June 7, 1999{{cite news |last=Hartzel |first=Tony |date=1999-05-25 |title=DART boosts service in Addison, elsewhere - On-demand van pools to be tried in Plano |pages=19A |work=The Dallas Morning News |publisher=A. H. Belo Corporation |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0FC00B934DD580D0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0ED3DB90471D8E4D |via=NewsBank}}
| rebuilt = 2025-2026 (planned)
| accessible = Yes
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| owned = Dallas Area Rapid Transit
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| other_services_header = Future services
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=DART|line=Silver|left=Downtown Carrollton|right=Knoll Trail}}
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Addison Transit Center is a bus-only mass transit station located along Arapaho Road in Addison, Texas. It is part of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system.
The station services downtown Addison, including Addison Circle Park and Addison Airport. Bus routes at the station connect to the Galleria Dallas mall, Downtown Dallas, and other northern Dallas suburbs.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-23 |title=System Map |url=https://dartorgcmsblob.dart.org/prod/docs/default-source/dart-maps/dartsystemmap.pdf |website=Dallas Area Rapid Transit}}
This transit center will be an inaugural station on the Silver Line commuter rail service when that line is completed.{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Steve |date=2020-10-19 |title=Addison gets all aboard DART's new Silver Line with plans for $500 million project |work=The Dallas Morning News |publisher=A. H. Belo Corporation |agency= |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2020/10/19/addison-gets-all-aboard-darts-new-silver-line-with-plans-for-500-million-project/ |access-date=2020-10-19}}
History
The station was opened on June 7, 1999 as a replacement for park-and-ride lots at Prestonwood Mall and Loos Field House. The facility was built at a $7.8 million cost, $5 million of which was for the land.
Four photographic collages of Addison were installed on the ceiling of the facility. The collages, which included images submitted by local residents, were created by local artist Philip Lamb. Lamb had previously worked with DART to create terrazzo panels at Dallas Union Station.{{Cite web |last=Lyons |first=Morgan |date=1999-05-12 |title=Addison Transit Center Murals Reflect Historic and Modern Aspects of Township |url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1226290/ |publisher=Dallas Area Rapid Transit}}{{Cite news |last=Sime |first=Tom |date=1999-06-11 |title=Visitors look up to art in DART center |pages=3C |work=The Dallas Morning News |publisher=A. H. Belo Corporation |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0FC00B934DD580D0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0ED3DB99D449EC04 |via=NewsBank}}
= Commuter rail =
Addison Transit Center is adjacent to a rail corridor built by the St. Louis Southwestern Railway (also known as the Cotton Belt Route) which DART purchased in 1990 for a proposed commuter rail line between DFW Airport and Plano.{{Cite news |last=Kelley |first=Chris |date=1990-09-26 |title=DART to buy Cotton Belt rail strip - Line won't be used until after 2010 |pages=23A |work=The Dallas Morning News |publisher=A. H. Belo Corporation |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0FC00B934DD580D0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0ED3D12B67063B31 |via=NewsBank}} Addison would be included as a station on this route. In fact, following opposition to the line from parts of North Dallas, one proposal suggested making Addison the eastern terminus of the line.{{Cite news |last=Howell |first=Curtis |date=1995-11-24 |title=Addison could provide rail link solution - Officials, DART discuss running line to D/FW |pages=39A |work=The Dallas Morning News |publisher=A. H. Belo Corporation |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0FC00B934DD580D0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0ED3D61A2A16556E |via=NewsBank}}
The line was approved in August 2016{{Cite web |last=New |first=Brian |date=2016-08-25 |title=DART Looks To Fast-Track The Cotton Belt Line To 2022 - CBS Texas |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/dart-looks-to-fast-track-the-cotton-belt-line-to-2022/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827191501/http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/08/25/dart-looks-to-fast-track-the-cotton-belt-line-to-2022/ |archive-date=2016-08-27 |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=CBS DFW |publisher=CBS Television Stations |language=en-US}} and was later renamed the Silver Line. Construction of the rail platforms of Addison Transit Center began February 1, 2021.{{Cite web |last=Ellis |first=Sydni |date=2021-02-01 |title=DART Silver Line Construction Begins Feb. 1 |url=https://addisonmagazine.com/2021/02/dart-silver-line-construction-begins-feb-1/ |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=Addison Magazine |publisher=Rodney Hand & Associates Marketing Communications |language=en-US}} Service is set to begin when the Silver Line opens in 2025 or 2026.{{Cite web |title=Silver Line Project |url=https://www.dart.org/about/plans-projects-and-initiatives/expansion/silver-line-project |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=Dallas Area Rapid Transit |language=en}}
In anticipation of the line, the Addison town government announced a $500 million development project on an 18-acre site near the station.
References
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External links
- [https://www.dart.org/ Dallas Area Rapid Transit] - [https://www.dart.org/guide/transit-and-use/rail/rail-station-detail/addison-transit-center Addison Transit Center]
{{Addison, Texas}}
{{Dallas Area Rapid Transit}}
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Category:Dallas Area Rapid Transit commuter rail stations
Category:Proposed railway stations in the United States
Category:1999 establishments in Texas
Category:Bus stations in Texas
Category:Railway stations scheduled to open in 2025
Category:Silver Line (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)
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