Knox-Henderson Station
Encyclopedia
Knox–Henderson Station is a deferred station along both the Dallas Area Rapid Transit
's (DART) and in the Knox-Henderson neighborhood of Dallas, Texas
, USA. The station is located beneath the North Central Expressway
(U.S. 75
) near the Knox Street/North Henderson Avenue intersection. Today the station's shell, considered a ghost station
, serves as an emergency exit from the tunnel. The nearby underground Cityplace Station
, of similar design, was opened in 2000.
In the early 1990s, the station area was excavated at an additional cost of $1 million but left as a shell for future development. The proposed station would have been located 80 feet (24.4 m) below grade with a platform length of 400 feet (121.9 m). Because of initial Vickery Place neighborhood objections, DART did not complete Knox–Henderson Station as part of the initial phase opening in 1996. By the mid-1990s, attitudes towards the station began to shift with the neighborhood actively petitioning DART to construct the station.
By 2006, DART announced it would cost an estimated $100 million to complete the Knox–Henderson Station. The high costs were attributed to both the costs of labor and infrastructure in addition to only being able to work on tunnel construction only when trains do not run between midnight and 4 a.m. Due to the high cost, DART has deferred construction indefinitely.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit
The Dallas Area Rapid Transit authority is a transit agency based in Dallas, Texas . It operates buses, light rail, commuter rail, and high-occupancy vehicle lanes in Dallas and 12 of its suburbs...
's (DART) and in the Knox-Henderson neighborhood of Dallas, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, USA. The station is located beneath the North Central Expressway
Central Expressway (Dallas)
Central Expressway is a north–south highway in Dallas, Texas and surrounding areas.- North Central Expressway :The best-known section is the North Central Expressway, a name for a freeway section of U.S. Highway 75 between downtown Dallas and McKinney, Texas...
(U.S. 75
U.S. Route 75
U.S. Route 75 is a north–south U.S. Highway. The highway's northern terminus is in Kittson County, Minnesota, at the Canadian border, where it continues as Manitoba Highway 75 on the other side of a closed border crossing. Its southern terminus is at Interstate 30 and Interstate 45 in Dallas,...
) near the Knox Street/North Henderson Avenue intersection. Today the station's shell, considered a ghost station
Ghost station
Ghost stations is the usual English translation for the German word Geisterbahnhöfe. This term was used to describe certain stations on Berlin's U-Bahn and S-Bahn metro networks that were closed during the period of Berlin's division during the Cold War...
, serves as an emergency exit from the tunnel. The nearby underground Cityplace Station
Cityplace Station
Cityplace is a DART Light Rail station located in the Cityplace district of Oak Lawn Dallas, Texas beneath North Central Expressway at Haskell Avenue...
, of similar design, was opened in 2000.
In the early 1990s, the station area was excavated at an additional cost of $1 million but left as a shell for future development. The proposed station would have been located 80 feet (24.4 m) below grade with a platform length of 400 feet (121.9 m). Because of initial Vickery Place neighborhood objections, DART did not complete Knox–Henderson Station as part of the initial phase opening in 1996. By the mid-1990s, attitudes towards the station began to shift with the neighborhood actively petitioning DART to construct the station.
By 2006, DART announced it would cost an estimated $100 million to complete the Knox–Henderson Station. The high costs were attributed to both the costs of labor and infrastructure in addition to only being able to work on tunnel construction only when trains do not run between midnight and 4 a.m. Due to the high cost, DART has deferred construction indefinitely.