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, and is a station on the Red, Orange, Green and Blue lines, 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
DART light rail station
Location	Along Pacific Avenue, between Akard and Field Streets, Dallas, Texas 75202
Coordinates	32.781916°N 96.800530°W / 32.781916; -96.800530
Owned by	Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Line(s)	Red Line   Blue Line   Green Line   Orange Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Connections	All downtown bus routes stop in close proximity to one or more downtown rail stations.
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	no
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	14 June 1996[1]
Closed	May 29-July 7, 2008 (for renovations)[2]
Services
Preceding station Dallas Area Rapid Transit Following station West End toward Westmoreland Red Line St. Paul toward Parker Road West End toward DFW Airport Orange Line West End toward UNT Dallas Blue Line St. Paul toward Downtown Rowlett West End toward North Carrollton/Frankford Green Line St. Paul toward Buckner

References

1. Howell, Curtis; Mark Wrolstad (June 15, 1996). "Now Boarding: Rail debut has crowds lining up". The Dallas Morning News.
2. Lindenberger, Michael (May 30, 2008). "DART'S Akard Station closing". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved December 4, 2010.

External links

• Dallas Area Rapid Transit - Akard Station