Akard (DART station)

Akard
DART light rail station
Location	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
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 within close proximity to one or more downtown rail stations.
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	no
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	June 14, 1996
Closed	May 29-July 7, 2008 (for renovations)
Services
Preceding station     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

Akard Street 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, Orange, Green 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, 2008.

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