West End station (DART)

This article is about a light rail station in Dallas. For the station in Atlanta, see West End station (MARTA).

West End station is a DART Light Rail station in Dallas, Texas. It is located in the West End Historic District of Downtown Dallas on Pacific Avenue, between Market and Lamar Streets near CBD West Transfer Center. It opened on June 14, 1996,^[3] 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.

West End
Northbound Orange Line train departs West End station in September 2015
General information
Location	Pacific Avenue, between Market and Lamar streets Dallas, Texas
Coordinates	32°46′51″N 96°48′21″W
Owned by	Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	DART at West Transfer Center
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	June 14, 1996 (1996-06-14)[1]
Passengers
FY22	5,843 (avg. weekday)[2]  6.7%
Services
Preceding station Dallas Area Rapid Transit Following station Union Station toward UNT Dallas Blue Line Akard toward Downtown Rowlett Victory toward North Carrollton/Frankford Green Line Akard toward Buckner Victory toward DFW Airport Orange Line Akard toward Parker Road Union Station toward Westmoreland Red Line
Location

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.

Following the shooting of Dallas police officers on July 7, 2016, the station was closed during the investigation of the nearby crime scene.^[4] Trains were stopping at all transit mall stations except West End, which they passed through during the incident.^[5] News outlets reported that ridership was lower than normal just after the attacks at nearby stations such as Akard, St. Paul, and Pearl/Arts District, typically busy stations during the morning rush hour.^[6]

References

1. Howell, Curtis; Wrolstad, Mark (June 15, 1996). "Now Boarding: Rail debut has crowds lining up". The Dallas Morning News.
2. "DART Reference Book" (PDF). Dallas Area Rapid Transit. March 2023. p. 31. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
3. Howell, Curtis; Mark Wrolstad (June 15, 1996). "Now Boarding: Rail debut has crowds lining up". The Dallas Morning News.
4. Formby, Brandon (July 8, 2016). "Large swath of downtown Dallas' west side closed today as other businesses, events shutter and call off plans". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on 9 July 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
5. "DART Rider Alerts". Retrieved 27 July 2016.
6. Dickson, Gordon (8 July 2016). "Star Telegram-A somber mood on DART train the morning after attack on Dallas". Star Telegram. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

External links

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