Akard station

{{Short description|DART rail station in Dallas, Texas}} {{Use American English|date=December 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox station | name = Akard | style = Dallas Area Rapid Transit | image = A DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) light-rail train leaves the Akard Station in downtown Dallas, Texas.jpg | image_caption = Akard station in 2014 (DART headquarters on right) | address = 1400 Pacific Ave. | borough = [[Dallas]], Texas | coordinates = {{coord|32.781916|-96.800530|type:railwaystation_region:US-TX|display=inline,title|format=dms}} | system = [[DART rail]] | owned = [[Dallas Area Rapid Transit]] | line =  | platform = 2 [[side platforms]] | tracks = 2 | connections = {{bus icon}} [[Dallas Area Rapid Transit|DART]]: {{DART EB|306}} (M-F) | structure = At-grade | accessible = Yes | opened = {{Start date|1996|06|14}}<ref name="Howell & Wrolstad 1996">{{Cite news |last=Howell |first=Curtis |last2=Wrolstad |first2=Mark |date=June 15, 1996 |title=Now Boarding: Rail debut has crowds lining up |work=The Dallas Morning News}}</ref> | passengers = 3,456 (avg. weekday)<ref name="Ridership">{{Cite web |date=May 2025 |title=Dallas Area Rapid Transit Reference Book, Version 16.0 |url=https://dartorgcmsblob.dart.org/prod/docs/default-source/dart-facts/2025-dart-reference-book.pdf |access-date=2025-07-10 |website=[[Dallas Area Rapid Transit]] |pages=34}}</ref> | pass_year = FY24 | pass_percent = 24.3 | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=DART |line1=Blue|left1=West End|right1=St. Paul |line2=Green|left2=West End|right2=St. Paul |line3=Orange|left3=West End|right3=St. Paul |line4=Red|left4=West End|right4=St. Paul }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #000 | mapframe-marker = rail-light }} '''Akard station''' is a [[DART rail]] station in [[Downtown Dallas|Downtown]] [[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]]. Located along Pacific Avenue between Akard Street and Field Street, the station serves [[Thanks-Giving Square]], [[Santander Tower]], [[Renaissance Tower (Dallas)|Renaissance Tower]], and Downtown Dallas's [[Main Street District, Dallas|Main Street District]], including [[Pegasus Plaza]], the [[Kirby Building]], the [[Eye (sculpture)|''Eye'']] sculpture, and the [[Adolphus Hotel]]. The station also serves DART's headquarters and customer service center, which are located in the [[Sanger Harris Building]] on the station's north side.

The station serves all four of the system's light rail lines ({{DART R|style=nl}}, {{DART B|style=nl}}, {{DART G|style=nl}}, and {{DART O|style=nl}}), as well as a weekday express route to [[Glenn Heights Park & Ride]], which boards from Field Street.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-15 |title=Akard Station |url=https://dartorgcmsblob.dart.org/prod/docs/default-source/marketing/railstationdocuments/akard-stationbf80629c-0a21-470b-9a96-bea1014de3a5.pdf?t=639057365437097894 |website=[[Dallas Area Rapid Transit]]}}</ref>

The station opened on June 14, 1996 as part of the original light rail system.<ref name="June 15, 1996">{{cite news |first=Curtis|last=Howell |author2=Mark Wrolstad |work=The Dallas Morning News |title=Now Boarding: Rail debut has crowds lining up |date=June 15, 1996}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{Commons category-inline}} * [https://www.dart.org/ Dallas Area Rapid Transit] - [https://www.dart.org/guide/transit-and-use/rail/rail-station-detail/akard-station Akard Station]

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