Akard (DART station)

Akard DART light rail station
Station statistics
Address	Along Pacific Avenue, between Akard and Field Streets, Dallas, Texas 75202
Coordinates	32.781916°N 96.800530°W / 32.781916; -96.800530
Lines	Red Line   Blue Line   Green Line   Orange Line
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
Closed	May 29-July 7, 2008 (for renovations)
Accessible
Owned by	Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Services
Preceding station   Dallas Area Rapid Transit   Following station West End toward Westmoreland Red Line St. Paul toward Parker Road West End toward Bachman Orange Line West End toward Ledbetter Blue Line St. Paul toward Downtown Garland West End toward North Carrollton/Frankford Green Line St. Paul toward Buckner     Effective Late 2011     West End toward Irving Convention Center Orange Line St. Paul toward Lawnview or Parker Road

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.

External links

• Dallas Area Rapid Transit - Akard Station