Akard (DART station)

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Akard
DART light rail station
Akard Station.jpg
Station statistics
Address Along Pacific Avenue, between Akard and Field Streets, Dallas, Texas 75202
Coordinates 32°46′55″N 96°48′02″W / 32.781916°N 96.800530°W / 32.781916; -96.800530Coordinates: 32°46′55″N 96°48′02″W / 32.781916°N 96.800530°W / 32.781916; -96.800530
Lines
Connections All downtown bus routes stop within close proximity to one or more downtown rail stations.
Structure At grade
Platforms 2 side platforms
Parking no
Other information
Opened June 14, 1996[1]
Closed May 29-July 7, 2008 (for renovations)[2]
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Services
Preceding station   Dallas Area Rapid Transit   Following station
toward Westmoreland
Red Line
toward Parker Road
toward Bachman
Orange Line
toward Ledbetter
Blue Line
Green Line
toward Buckner
    Effective Late 2011    
Orange Line

Akard Station is a DART Light Rail station located in the City Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas on Pacific Avenue, between Akard and Field Streets. It opened on June 14, 1996, and is a station on the Red and Blue lines, serving Elm Place, One Main Place, Renaissance Tower, Thanks-Giving Square and Thanksgiving Tower.

Akard Station was closed on May 29, 2008, for more than a month to raise the platform level to match the height of the 100 new DART Light Rail cars also being modified at that time. The station reopened on July 7.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Howell, Curtis; Mark Wrolstad (June 15, 1996). "Now Boarding: Rail debut has crowds lining up". The Dallas Morning News. 
  2. ^ a b Lindenberger, Michael (May 30, 2008). "DART'S Akard Station closing". The Dallas Morning News. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/053008dnmetakard.2e2fef1.html. Retrieved December 4, 2010. 

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