Akard station

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.

Akard
Akard station platforms
General information
Location	Pacific Avenue, between Akard and Field streets Dallas, Texas
Coordinates	32°46′55″N 96°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

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 2022-10-12.

External links

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