St. Paul station (DART)

St. Paul station is a DART Light Rail station in Dallas, Texas. It is located on Bryan Street, between St. Paul and Harwood Streets, near the Arts District in Downtown Dallas. It opened on June 14, 1996 and is a station on the Red, Orange, Green and Blue lines, serving the Trammell Crow Center, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Nasher Sculpture Center, Patriot Tower and First Baptist Church (Dallas, Texas).

St. Paul
DART light rail station
A DART Light Rail Green Line train at St. Paul station in 2015
LocationAlong Bryan Street, between St. Paul and Harwood Streets, Dallas, Texas 75201
Coordinates32.784241°N 96.796965°W / 32.784241; -96.796965
Owned byDallas Area Rapid Transit
Line(s)
Platforms2 side platforms
ConnectionsM-Line Trolley,
All downtown bus routes stop in close proximity to one or more downtown rail stations.
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Parkingno
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened14 June 1996[1]
Services
Preceding station Dallas Area Rapid Transit Following station
Akard Red Line Pearl/Arts District
Akard
toward DFW Airport
Orange Line
Akard
toward UNT Dallas
Blue Line Pearl/Arts District
Akard Green Line Pearl/Arts District
toward Buckner

St. Paul station takes its name from its namesake street, which received its name in the 1930s, not out of religious interest, but as a protest against the Volstead Act, a national law that banned alcoholic beverages. The city fathers located a passage in the Bible, attributed to St. Paul, that said "drink a little wine, for your stomach's sake."

References

  1. Howell, Curtis; Mark Wrolstad (June 15, 1996). "Now Boarding: Rail debut has crowds lining up". The Dallas Morning News.
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