West End Station
Encyclopedia
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 and 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.
DART Light Rail
DART Light Rail is a light rail system in Dallas, Texas and its suburbs owned by the Dallas Area Rapid Transit. The system comprises between its three lines — the , the and the . Its 72 miles of track make it the largest light rail system in the United States. It has a daily ridership of...
station located in the West End Historic District of downtown
Downtown Dallas
Downtown Dallas is the Central Business District in Dallas, Texas USA, located in the geographic center of the city. The area termed "Downtown" has traditionally been defined as bounded by the downtown freeway loop: bounded on the east by I-345 Downtown Dallas is the Central Business District...
Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
(USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
) on Pacific Avenue, between Market and Lamar Streets near CBD West Transfer Center
West Transfer Center (Dallas, Texas)
CBD West Transfer Center is a bus-only station bounded by Lamar, San Jacinto, Griffin and Pacific, near West End Station in Dallas, Texas . It is one of two Downtown Dallas transfer centers owned by DART in the Central Business District...
. It opened on June 14, 1996, and is a station on the and lines, serving the West End Marketplace, Dallas Alley, the Dallas World Aquarium and Zoo
Dallas World Aquarium
The Dallas World Aquarium is an aquarium and zoo located in West End Historic District of downtown Dallas, Texas, USA. The zoo aids conservation and education by housing many animals that are threatened or endangered as part of a cooperative breeding program with other zoos around the world.The...
, the Sixth Floor Museum
Sixth Floor Museum
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is a museum located on the sixth floor of the Dallas County Administration Building . The museum examines the life, times, death, and legacy of President John F. Kennedy...
(in the Texas School Book Depository
Texas School Book Depository
The Texas School Book Depository is the former name of a seven-floor building facing Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas . Located on the northwest corner of Elm and North Houston Streets, at the western end of downtown Dallas, its address is 411 Elm Street. The building is notable for its connection to...
), Dealey Plaza
Dealey Plaza
Dealey Plaza , in the historic West End district of downtown Dallas, Texas , is the location of the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963...
, the Old Red Courthouse
Old Red Museum
The Dallas County Courthouse, built in 1891 of red sandstone rusticated marble accents, is an historic governmental building located at 100 South Houston Street in Dallas, Texas. Also known as the Old Red Courthouse, it is now the Old Red Museum, a local history museum. It was designed in the...
with its Dallas Visitors Center and El Centro College
El Centro College
El Centro College is a community college of the Dallas County Community College District , located at 801 Main Street in downtown Dallas, Texas across Lamar Street from the Bank of America Plaza...
and is within walking distance of the American Airlines Center
American Airlines Center
The American Airlines Center is a multi-purpose arena, located in the Victory Park neighborhood, near downtown Dallas, Texas.It is home to the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA, and the Dallas Stars of the NHL....
and the rest of Victory Park.