Akard station
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.Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: DART light rail station
- Also known as: “Akard” and “Akard Station”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Thanks-Giving Square and Renaissance Tower.
Thanks-Giving Square
Park
Thanks-Giving Square is a private park and public facility anchoring the Thanksgiving Commercial Center district of downtown Dallas, Texas, United States. Thanks-Giving Square is situated 680 feet northeast of Akard station.
Renaissance Tower
Renaissance Tower is a 886 ft, 56-story modernist skyscraper at 1201 Elm Street in downtown Dallas, Texas, U.S. The tower is the second-tallest in the city, the fifth-tallest in Texas, and the 47th-tallest in the United States. Renaissance Tower is situated 410 feet southwest of Akard station.Pegasus Plaza
Park
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pegasus Plaza is a public park located in downtown Dallas, Texas. Located at the corner of Akard and Main Street in the Main Street District, the plaza takes its name from Pegasus, the iconic sign atop the adjacent Magnolia Hotel and the mythical flying horse. Pegasus Plaza is situated 720 feet southeast of Akard station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Dallas and West End Historic District.
Downtown Dallas
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Downtown Dallas is the Central Business District of the city of Dallas. Traditionally defined as the area within the belt of freeways surrounding the centre, it is now deemed to have expanded to an area known as Uptown, north of the Woodall Rodgers Freeway thanks to the new walkable Klyde Warren Park, while in the east the center spills across US-75 into the Deep Ellum neighborhood.
West End Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Drumguy8800, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The West End Historic District of Dallas, Texas, is a historic district that includes a 67.5-acre area in northwest downtown, generally north of Commerce, east of I-35E, west of Lamar and south of the Woodall Rodgers Freeway.
Dallas
Photo: Cordphaeton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dallas, with a population of more than 1.3 million residents, is the ninth largest city in the United States and the third largest in the state of Texas.
Akard station
- Categories: tram stop, station located on surface, station, and transportation
- Location: Dallas, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.78191° or 32° 46′ 55″ northLongitude
-96.8007° or 96° 48′ 3″ westOperator
DARTNetwork
Dallas Area Rapid TransitOpen location code
8645Q5JX+QPOpenStreetMap ID
way 421424710OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q4700293
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Urdu—“Akard station” goes by many names.
- French: “Akard”
- Japanese: “アカード駅”
- Urdu: “اکارڈ اسٹیشن”
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Highlights include DART and Samuel Lynne Galleries.
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