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 station in Downtown Dallas, Texas. Located along Pacific Avenue between Akard Street and Field Street, the station serves Thanks-Giving Square, Santander Tower, Renaissance Tower, and Downtown Dallas's Main Street District, including Pegasus Plaza, the Kirby Building, the 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 (Red, Blue, Green, and Orange), as well as a weekday express route to Glenn Heights Park & Ride, which boards from Field Street.^[3]

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

Media related to Akard (DART station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Dallas Area Rapid Transit - Akard Station