West End station (DART)
West End | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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DART light rail station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Renaissance Tower as seen from West End Station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Along Pacific Avenue, between Market and Lamar Streets, Dallas, Texas 75202 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°46′51″N 96°48′21″W / 32.780857°N 96.805708°WCoordinates: 32°46′51″N 96°48′21″W / 32.780857°N 96.805708°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Dallas Area Rapid Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | See CBD West Transfer Center for Downtown Route Connections. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | June 14, 1996[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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West End is a DART Light Rail station located in the West End Historic District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA) on Pacific Avenue, between Market and Lamar Streets near CBD West Transfer Center. It opened on June 14, 1996, and is a station on the Red, Blue, Green, and Orange lines, serving the West End Marketplace, Dallas Alley, the Dallas World Aquarium and Zoo, the Sixth Floor Museum (in the Texas School Book Depository), Dealey Plaza, the Old Red Courthouse with its Dallas Visitors Center and El Centro College and is within walking distance of the American Airlines Center and the rest of Victory Park.
This is the westernmost stop on the four stop trunk segment shared by all four lines. West of here, approaching the TRE tracks, the Orange and Green Lines branch north and the Red and Blue Lines branch south.
References
- ↑ Howell, Curtis; Mark Wrolstad (June 15, 1996). "Now Boarding: Rail debut has crowds lining up". The Dallas Morning News.
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