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A DART Red Line train arrives at Cityplace\/Uptown in Dallas. Extension of the Red Line is one option for a new rail service between Plano and McKinney, Texas. David Lassen<\/p>\nPlano-McKinney line could be light rail or commuter rail<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
A DART Red Line train arrives at Cityplace\/Uptown in Dallas. Extension of the Red Line is one option for a new rail service between Plano and McKinney, Texas. David Lassen<\/p>\n
PLANO, Texas \u2014 Officials in the area north of Dallas have approved a study for proposed rail service between Plano and McKinney, Texas.<\/p>\n
Public broadcaster KERA reports<\/a> the Regional Transportation Council of the Metropolitan Planning Organization voted to approve resumption of the study at the council\u2019s meeting on Thursday, March 12. The process of hiring consultants for the study was in progress last November when the project was stopped because of a funding dispute between Dallas Area Rapid Transit and some of its constituent cities. Plano had scheduled a vote to withdraw from DART, but has rescinded that plan after DART put forward a new funding plan, allowing the study to resume.<\/p>\n Dan Lamers of the North Central Texas Council of Governments told the council that the project could be an extension of DART\u2019s light rail Red Line, or of the recently opened commuter rail Silver Line [see \u201cDART to open commuter rail \u2026,\u201d<\/a> Trains.com, Sept. 12, 2025]. Both terminate in Plano.<\/p>\n KERA reports DART CEO Nadine Lee said earlier this week that while DART owns the land for a route to McKinney, the city is not part of the current DART service area of Dallas and 12 nearby suburbs. She said \u201cconversations at the regional level\u201d will be needed to discuss the project.<\/p>\n Additional details on the study are available in the council\u2019s meeting packet<\/a>.<\/p>\n