Akard station or Akard Street station is a
DART light rail
The DART light rail system serves the metropolitan area of Dallas, Texas. It is owned and operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART). The system opened June 14, 1996 and serves 65 stations and four lines, covering : the , the , the , and th ...
station in
Dallas, Texas
Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...
. It is located in the
City Center District
The City Center District is an area in north-central downtown Dallas, downtown Dallas, Texas, Dallas, Texas (United States, USA). It lies south of the Arts District, Dallas, Texas, Arts District, north of the Main Street District, Dallas, Texas, ...
on Pacific Avenue, between Akard and Field Streets. It opened on June 14, 1996,
and is a station on the , , and lines,
serving Elm Place,
One Main Place,
Renaissance Tower,
Thanks-Giving Square
Thanks-Giving Square is a private park and public facility anchoring the Thanksgiving Commercial Center district of downtown Dallas, Texas, United States. Dedicated in 1976, the complex consists of three components: a landscaped garden and non-de ...
and
Thanksgiving Tower
Santander Tower, formerly known as Thanksgiving Tower, is a 50-story, skyscraper at 1601 Elm Street adjacent to Thanks-Giving Square in downtown Dallas, Texas. At its completion in 1982, it was the second tallest building in Dallas, surpassing ...
. It is also the nearest station to the DART headquarters, which was a former Sanger Harris department store built in 1965.
References
External links
Akard station(DART.org)
Dallas Area Rapid Transit light rail stations in Dallas
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1996
1996 establishments in Texas
Railway stations in Dallas County, Texas
Blue Line (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)
Green Line (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)
Orange Line (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)
Red Line (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)
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