Convention Center station (DART)
Convention Center | ||||||||||||||||
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| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 727 South Lamar Street Dallas, Texas | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°46′22″N 96°48′09″W / 32.772649°N 96.802527°W | |||||||||||||||
| System | DART rail | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Dallas Area Rapid Transit | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections |  DART: 106, 128, 224 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | June 14, 1996 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | January 5, 2026 (will reopen 2029) | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| FY24 | 589 (avg. weekday)[1]  14.4% | |||||||||||||||
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Convention Center station is a DART rail station located in Downtown Dallas, Texas. Located under the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center at the intersection of Memorial Drive and Lamar Street, the station serves the Convention Center District in southwestern downtown, including the Convention Center itself, the Omni Dallas Hotel, The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Pioneer Park, Dallas City Hall, and the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library.
The station serves the Red Line and Blue Line. It is the southernmost station located in Downtown Dallas.
Due to a major redevelopment of the convention center, the station is currently closed to the public and will reopen in 2029. Trains still travel through the station but do not stop.
History
Convention Center was an inaugural station for the DART rail system, opening with the Red and Blue lines on June 14, 1996.[2]
In 2018, DART installed two overhead charging stations at the station for short-range electric buses. The electric buses were originally used for DART's downtown circulator route, DLink,[3] which Convention Center served as the terminus for.
In August 2024, DART announced that the station would be closed for an extended period to allow for major renovations to the convention center. The station closed on January 5, 2026 and is planned to reopen in 2029. Buses at the station were moved to either East Transfer Center or to a temporary layover stop at Akard Street and Marilla Street.[4]
References
- ^ "Dallas Area Rapid Transit Reference Book, Version 16.0" (PDF). Dallas Area Rapid Transit. May 2025. p. 32. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
- ^ Howell, Curtis; Mark Wrolstad (June 15, 1996). "Now Boarding: Rail debut has crowds lining up". The Dallas Morning News.
- ^ Payne, Minnie (July 11, 2018). "DART rolls out electric buses". GreenSource DFW. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
- ^ Chakraborty, Suryatapa (December 31, 2025). "DART station at Dallas convention center to close for three years, agency says". The Dallas Morning News. Hearst Communications. Retrieved January 9, 2026.
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