Akard
DART light rail 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.
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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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | June 14, 1996 (1996-06-14)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
FY22 | 2,244 (avg. weekday)[2] 33.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- ^ Howell, Curtis; Wrolstad, Mark (June 15, 1996). "Now Boarding: Rail debut has crowds lining up". The Dallas Morning News.
- ^ "DART Reference Book" (PDF). Dallas Area Rapid Transit. March 2023. p. 31. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
- ^ Howell, Curtis; Mark Wrolstad (June 15, 1996). "Now Boarding: Rail debut has crowds lining up". The Dallas Morning News.
- ^ "DART.org – Akard Station". www.dart.org. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
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