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Convention Center Station

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Memorial Drive & Lamar Street - Mapsco 45P
(727 S. Lamar St., Dallas 75202)

Convention Center StationLocated on the southwest corner of Lamar Street and Memorial Drive at ground level below the Dallas Convention Center expansion, the Convention Center Station is served by the downtown segment of the DART Red and Blue Rail lines.

DART Rail Schedules:

Red Line, Blue Line

Connecting Bus Route:

Stemmons-Design District Service (Route 749), 283 (M-F)

(M-F) Monday through Friday

Bus Bay Assignments:

Bay 1 — 283 Lake Ray Hubbard Transit Center
Bay 2 — Paratransit
Bay 3 — 749

DART Rail System Map
Station Facilities Map

Customer Features:

  • Passenger Shelters
  • Windscreens
  • Seating
  • Customer Information
  • Ticket Vending Machines
  • Telephones
  • Public Art
  • No Public Parking Available

Popular Attractions and Destinations:

Please note: You may need to connect to a DART bus to complete your journey to a destination. Please contact DART Customer Information at 214-979-1111 for trip planning assistance.

Convention Center Station and Dallas Convention Center map
Convention Center Station and Dallas Convention Center Map

Station Art:

View the DART Gallery - A Collection of Public Art
A Collection of Public Art

Use this guide to plan your tour of Convention Center Station.
Expressing the Dynamic Energy of Dallas
This station posed special challenges because of its site beneath the Convention Center. The designers wanted to capitalize on the opportunity to convey the spirit of Dallas to convention center visitors and local riders alike.

The station's color scheme features warm colors in the architectural elements, accented by cool colors in neon lights. Lines of green neon move in arcs across the ceiling, expressing the dynamic energy of Dallas and creating a focus on the commissioned artwork, a light well. Landscaping and curving bands of concrete also foster a sense of place. Together, station design and art create a high energy, unified environment and a total experience.

Full CircleFull Circle
by Frances Merritt Thompson
Photographic digital mural print in a circular 10-foot diameter illuminate concrete light well covered by tempered glass.

The light well incorporates a symbolic armillary sphere, an ancient instrument which provided travelers a working model of the earth and heavens in relation to their places of observation. The sphere refers to Dallas' emergence as a world-class city and suggests movement through space and time, by repeating the station's green neon arcs and red direction lines.

A collage of images also features an 1872 lithographic map of Dallas and various symbols including a Tejas Indian warrior and Pegasus, the flying red horse, to reflect layers of Dallas history.

Design Team
Design Team Artist: Frances Bagley
Engineer: Huitt-Zollars, Inc.
Architect: Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum
Landscape Architect: Linda Tycher & Associates
Commissioned Artist: Frances Merritt Thompson

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