PLANO, Texas — Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) marked a significant milestone with the groundbreaking of its new Silver Line Equipment Maintenance Facility on Thursday. The 40,000-square-foot facility will serve as the hub for cleaning, maintaining, and refueling Silver Line vehicles.
DART President and CEO Nadine Lee addressed a crowd of elected officials, federal agency representatives, business executives, and DART employees, emphasizing the facility’s benefits and its impact on the surrounding area. “We are grateful to our partners at the City of Plano for sharing the vision of bringing this facility to Plano,” Lee said. “The Silver Line is a major piece to solving the mobility puzzle in North Texas by providing a strong east to west connection between Plano and DFW Airport.”
The facility is being constructed behind a 20,000-square-foot office building DART purchased earlier this year at 3201 Technology Drive in Plano’s industrial district. This building will serve as the operations and maintenance home for Silver Line staff once the regional rail is in revenue service, according to DART…