Pearl/Arts District station

Pearl Street/Arts District station (formerly Pearl station) is a DART Light Rail station located in Dallas, Texas. It is located on Bryan Street, east of Pearl Street, in the City Center District. It opened June 14, 1996, and is the easternmost station on the trunk line segment shared by the Red, Blue, Green and Orange Lines, serving the Plaza of the Americas, the Sheraton Dallas Hotel, 2001 Bryan Tower, the San Jacinto Tower, the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center and JPMorgan Chase Tower.

Pearl/Arts District
DART light rail station
The station's platforms are within the tracks, unlike other downtown stations
Location	Along Bryan Street, east of Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75202
Coordinates	32.786413°N 96.79454°W
Owned by	Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Line(s)	Red Line   Blue Line   Green Line   Orange Line
Platforms	Island platform
Connections	DART Route 722 [D-Link] (M-Sat) See CBD East Transfer Center for other Downtown Route Connections.
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	no
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	14 June 1996[1]
Previous names	Pearl
Services
Preceding station Dallas Area Rapid Transit Following station St. Paul toward Westmoreland Red Line Cityplace/Uptown toward Parker Road St. Paul toward DFW Airport Orange Line St. Paul toward UNT Dallas Blue Line Cityplace/Uptown toward Downtown Rowlett St. Paul toward North Carrollton/Frankford Green Line Deep Ellum toward Buckner

Pearl station was the original northern terminus of the Red and Blue lines before they were extended (Red in 1997 and Blue in 1999).[2]

On July 30, 2012; Pearl was renamed as Pearl/Arts District station as part of the service changes effective for that date to better reflect new identities created by their evolving neighborhoods or surrounding developments.[3]

East of this station, the light rail's transit mall ends and grade-separated tracks begin, with the Red, Orange and Blue lines branching north at a wye and descending into a tunnel under the expressway, while the Green Line branches southeast.

References

1. Howell, Curtis; Mark Wrolstad (June 15, 1996). "Now Boarding: Rail debut has crowds lining up". The Dallas Morning News.
2. Howell, Curtin (February 2, 1997). "DART 's light rail making tracks First-week ridership exceeds expectations by 33 percent". The Dallas Morning News.
3. DART Major Service Change - Three Rail Stations Receiving New Names as Part of July Service Changes - Dallas Area Rapid Transit (accessed July 9, 2012)

External links

Media related to Pearl/Arts District (DART station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Dallas Area Rapid Transit - Pearl/Arts District Station

An eastbound Blue Line train to Garland enters the station.