# Akard station

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DART rail station in Dallas, Texas

Akard Akard station in 2014 (DART headquarters on right) General information Location 1400 Pacific Ave. Dallas, Texas Coordinates 32°46′55″N 96°48′02″W / 32.781916°N 96.800530°W / 32.781916; -96.800530 System DART rail Owned by Dallas Area Rapid Transit Platforms 2 side platforms Tracks 2 Connections DART: 306 (M-F) Construction Structure type At-grade Accessible Yes History Opened June 14, 1996 (1996-06-14)[1] Passengers FY24 3,456 (avg. weekday)[2] 24.3% Services Preceding station DART Following station West End toward UNT Dallas Blue Line St. Paul toward Downtown Rowlett West End toward North Carrollton/​Frankford Green Line St. Paul toward Buckner West End toward DFW Airport Terminal A Orange Line St. Paul toward LBJ/Central or Parker Road West End toward Westmoreland Red Line St. Paul toward Parker Road Location

**Akard station** is a [DART rail](/source/DART_rail) station in [Downtown](/source/Downtown_Dallas) [Dallas, Texas](/source/Dallas). Located along Pacific Avenue between Akard Street and Field Street, the station serves [Thanks-Giving Square](/source/Thanks-Giving_Square), [Santander Tower](/source/Santander_Tower), [Renaissance Tower](/source/Renaissance_Tower_(Dallas)), and Downtown Dallas's [Main Street District](/source/Main_Street_District%2C_Dallas), including [Pegasus Plaza](/source/Pegasus_Plaza), the [Kirby Building](/source/Kirby_Building), the [*Eye*](/source/Eye_(sculpture)) sculpture, and the [Adolphus Hotel](/source/Adolphus_Hotel). The station also serves DART's headquarters and customer service center, which are located in the [Sanger Harris Building](/source/Sanger_Harris_Building) on the station's north side.

The station serves all four of the system's light rail lines ([Red](/source/Red_Line_(DART)), [Blue](/source/Blue_Line_(DART)), [Green](/source/Green_Line_(DART)), and [Orange](/source/Orange_Line_(DART))), as well as a weekday express route to [Glenn Heights Park & Ride](/source/Glenn_Heights_Park_%26_Ride), which boards from Field Street.[3]

The station opened on June 14, 1996 as part of the original light rail system.[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Howell_&_Wrolstad_1996_1-0)** Howell, Curtis; Wrolstad, Mark (June 15, 1996). "Now Boarding: Rail debut has crowds lining up". *The Dallas Morning News*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Ridership_2-0)** ["Dallas Area Rapid Transit Reference Book, Version 16.0"](https://dartorgcmsblob.dart.org/prod/docs/default-source/dart-facts/2025-dart-reference-book.pdf) (PDF). *[Dallas Area Rapid Transit](/source/Dallas_Area_Rapid_Transit)*. May 2025. p. 34. Retrieved July 10, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Akard Station"](https://dartorgcmsblob.dart.org/prod/docs/default-source/marketing/railstationdocuments/akard-stationbf80629c-0a21-470b-9a96-bea1014de3a5.pdf?t=639057365437097894) (PDF). *[Dallas Area Rapid Transit](/source/Dallas_Area_Rapid_Transit)*. April 15, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-June_15,_1996_4-0)** Howell, Curtis; Mark Wrolstad (June 15, 1996). "Now Boarding: Rail debut has crowds lining up". *The Dallas Morning News*.

## External links

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- [Dallas Area Rapid Transit](https://www.dart.org/) - [Akard Station](https://www.dart.org/guide/transit-and-use/rail/rail-station-detail/akard-station)

v t e Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) stations Red Line Parker Road Downtown Plano 12th Street CityLine/Bush Galatyn Park Arapaho Center Spring Valley LBJ/Central Forest Lane Walnut Hill Park Lane Lovers Lane SMU/Mockingbird Cityplace/Uptown Pearl/Arts District St. Paul Akard West End Union Station Convention Center Cedars 8th & Corinth Dallas Zoo Tyler/Vernon Hampton Westmoreland Blue Line Downtown Rowlett Downtown Garland Forest/Jupiter LBJ/Skillman Lake Highlands White Rock SMU/Mockingbird Cityplace/Uptown Pearl/Arts District St. Paul Akard West End Union Station Convention Center Cedars 8th & Corinth Morrell Illinois Kiest VA Medical Center Ledbetter Camp Wisdom UNT Dallas Green Line North Carrollton/Frankford Trinity Mills Downtown Carrollton Farmers Branch Royal Lane Walnut Hill/Denton Bachman Burbank Inwood/Love Field Southwestern Medical District/Parkland Market Center Victory West End Akard St. Paul Pearl/Arts District Deep Ellum Baylor University Medical Center Fair Park MLK Jr. Hatcher Lawnview Lake June Buckner Orange Line DFW Airport Terminal A Belt Line Dallas College North Lake Campus Hidden Ridge Irving Convention Center Las Colinas Urban Center University of Dallas Bachman Burbank Inwood/Love Field Southwestern Medical District/Parkland Market Center Victory West End Akard St. Paul Pearl/Arts District Cityplace/Uptown SMU/Mockingbird Lovers Lane Park Lane Walnut Hill Forest Lane LBJ/Central Spring Valley Arapaho Center Galatyn Park CityLine/Bush 12th Street Downtown Plano Parker Road Silver Line DFW Airport Terminal B DFW Airport North Cypress Waters Downtown Carrollton Addison Knoll Trail UT Dallas CityLine/Bush 12th Street Shiloh Road Stations in italics are served by the line during peak hours only. See also: Trinity Railway Express

v t e Downtown Dallas Only items within the "Loop" are listed. Areas Arts District City Center District Convention Center District Farmers Market District Harwood Historic District Government District Main Street District Reunion District West End Historic District Dallas Downtown Historic District Education Primary and secondary schools Dallas ISD Washington PVA Dallas HS (closed) Lassiter ECHS Pegasus of Liberal Arts & Sciences Other education Dallas County Community College District (El Centro College) Dallas Public Library J. Erik Jonsson Central Library Universities Center at Dallas University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law Skyscrapers and complexes 1600 Pacific Tower (LTV Tower) (Hilton Garden Inn) 1700 Pacific 2100 Ross Avenue Adolphus Hotel Bank of America Plaza Bryan Tower Chase Tower Comerica Bank Tower Corrigan Tower Dallas Hilton (Hotel Indigo) Davis Building Energy Plaza First National Bank Tower Fountain Place Hyatt Regency Dallas The Joule Hotel Kirby Building KPMG Centre Magnolia Hotel Mercantile Commerce Building (AC Hotel; Residence Inn) Mercantile Continental Building Mercantile National Bank Building Museum Tower Omni Dallas Hotel One Arts Plaza One Dallas Center One Main Place (Westin Hotel) Pacific Place Plaza of the Americas Renaissance Tower Republic Center Reunion Tower Ross Tower Salazar Center Santa Fe Terminal Complex Sheraton Dallas Hotel Statler Hotel & Residences Thanksgiving Tower Tower Petroleum Building (Cambria Hotel Dallas) Trammell Crow Center Crow Museum of Asian Art Whitacre Tower Parks Civic Garden Park Dealey Plaza Ferris Plaza Main Street Garden Park Pegasus Plaza Elaine D. and Charles A. Sammons Park Thanks-Giving Square Klyde Warren Park Religious buildings Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe Fellowship Church First Baptist Church First Presbyterian Church of Dallas First United Methodist Church St. Jude Chapel St. Paul United Methodist Church Other landmarks AT&T Performing Arts Center Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House Annette Strauss Square Butler Brothers Building Citywalk@Akard Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse Dallas City Hall Dallas County Courthouse (Old Red) Dawson State Jail (closed) Dallas Farmers Market Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum Dallas Municipal Building Dallas Museum of Art Dallas Pedestrian Network Dallas Scottish Rite Temple Dallas World Aquarium Dal-Tex Building Dealey Plaza Fairmont Hotel Dallas Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial Majestic Theatre Manor House Apartments Mayflower Building Moody Performance Hall Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center Nasher Sculpture Center Neiman Marcus Building Old Dallas Central Library (The Dallas Morning News) Pioneer Plaza Pioneer Park Cemetery Sanger Harris Building (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) Texas School Book Depository (Dallas County Administration Building) Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Thanks-Giving Square Titche–Goettinger Building Wilson Building Transportation Dallas CBD Vertiport DART rail stations Akard Convention Center Pearl/Arts District St. Paul Union Station West End/West Transfer Center Streetcar services M-Line Trolley Dallas Streetcar Crime JFK assassination 2016 shooting of police officers 2019 courthouse shooting First Baptist Academy of Dallas was previously in Downtown Dallas

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