Texas Star Triangle

McKinney, TX

Stop on the proposed 17,000-mile maglev network. Next stop: Frisco, TX (11.1 mi).

About McKinney

McKinney is a city in and the county seat of Collin County, Texas, United States. It is Collin County's third-largest city, after Plano and Frisco. A suburb of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, McKinney is about 32 miles (51 km) north of Dallas.

Source: Wikipedia summary (full article). Population and facts as published there.

Cost breakdown (proposal-scale estimates — see math)

⚠️ All figures below are parametric estimates scaled from the proposal's own budget ($8.5T ÷ 17,000 mi ≈ $500M per mile), not engineering quotes. Methodology is shown so you can check the math.

Item	Basis	Estimate
Terminal construction	Mid-size terminal — 200K–1M catchment ($1–2B range)	$1.5B
Land acquisition	Regional factor 1.2× on $200M base	$240M
Track: McKinney → Frisco	11.1 mi × $500M/mi	$5.5B
Annual operations (share)	Staffing, power, maintenance	$30M/yr
Stop total (excl. annual ops)		$7.3B

Best terminal location (proposed)

the US-75 / SH-121 (Sam Rayburn Tollway) interchange district. This is Collin County's growth crossroads, where the two busiest corridors meet. Park-and-ride culture is already strong in the northern suburbs. The terminal captures the entire northern DFW growth frontier in one catchment.

Before / after

Before and after aerial mock-up of the proposed maglev terminal at McKinney, TX

Aerial mock-up (illustrative, not an engineering rendering). Left: the proposed site today. Right: with the maglev terminal.

🛤️ Infill stops toward Frisco: the proposal envisions more stops than cities — smaller stations between majors. Plausible infills on this leg:

Fairview — town on the SH-121 corridor toward Frisco.
Lucas — city between McKinney and the corridor.
Parker — small city at the Frisco approach.

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