The station will open with the Silver Line when it is completed in late 2025 or early 2026.

It will serve adjacent apartment and office complexes,[2] as well as Prestonwood Town Center.

[3] Unlike most DART stations, Knoll Trail will not have a dedicated parking lot.

[5] In 1990, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) purchased a former St. Louis Southwestern Railway corridor between Fort Worth and Plano for a future commuter rail line.

In 2017, developers for the Dallas Midtown project (located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of the rail line at the former site of Valley View Center) proposed an elevated transit system connecting the project and Knoll Trail station.