Akard station

Akard
Akard station in 2014
General information
Location	Pacific Avenue, between Akard and Field streets Dallas, Texas
Coordinates	32°46′55″N96°48′02″W / 32.781916°N 96.800530°W / 32.781916; -96.800530
Owned by	Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	DART: 306 (M-F), 378 (M-F)
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	June 14, 1996 (1996-06-14) [1]
Passengers
FY22	2,244 (avg. weekday) [2]   33.6%
Services
Preceding station Dallas Area Rapid Transit Following station West End toward UNT Dallas Blue Line St. Paul toward Downtown Rowlett West End toward North Carrollton/​Frankford Green Line St. Paul toward Buckner West End toward DFW Airport Orange Line St. Paul toward Parker Road West End toward Westmoreland Red Line
Location

Akard station or Akard Street station is a DART light rail station in Dallas, Texas. It is located in the City Center District on Pacific Avenue, between Akard and Field Streets. It opened on June 14, 1996, ^[3] and is a station on the Red, Orange, Green and Blue lines, ^[4] serving Elm Place, One Main Place, Renaissance Tower, Thanks-Giving Square and Thanksgiving Tower. It is also the nearest station to the DART headquarters, which was a former Sanger Harris department store built in 1965.

References

1. Howell, Curtis; Wrolstad, Mark (June 15, 1996). "Now Boarding: Rail debut has crowds lining up". The Dallas Morning News.
2. "DART Reference Book" (PDF). Dallas Area Rapid Transit . March 2023. p. 31. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
3. Howell, Curtis; Mark Wrolstad (June 15, 1996). "Now Boarding: Rail debut has crowds lining up". The Dallas Morning News.
4. "DART.org – Akard Station". www.dart.org. Retrieved October 12, 2022.

External links

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