| Knox–Henderson Station | |
|---|---|
| Station statistics | |
| Lines | |
| Structure | Underground |
| Platforms | Island platform |
| Other information | |
| Opened | Deferred until future demand |
| Accessible | |
| Owned by | Dallas Area Rapid Transit |
Knox–Henderson Station is a deferred station along both the Dallas Area Rapid Transit's (DART) Red Line and Blue Line 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.[1] The proposed station would have been located 80 feet (24 m) below grade with a platform length of 400 feet (120 m).[1] Because of initial Vickery Place neighborhood objections, DART did not complete Knox–Henderson Station as part of the initial phase opening in 1996.[2] By the mid-1990s, attitudes towards the station began to shift with the neighborhood actively petitioning DART to construct the station.[2]
By 2006, DART announced it would cost an estimated $100 million to complete the Knox–Henderson Station.[3] 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.[3] Due to the high cost, DART has deferred construction indefinitely.[3]
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