Downtown Transit Center (METRORail station)
Downtown Transit Center | |||||||||||
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 The portion of the Downtown Transit Center with rail service | |||||||||||
| Location |
1900 Main Street Houston, TX | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°45′2.1″N 95°22′11.72″W / 29.750583°N 95.3699222°WCoordinates: 29°45′2.1″N 95°22′11.72″W / 29.750583°N 95.3699222°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | METRO | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |
 Red Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | Not Available | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | January 1, 2004 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Downtown Transit Center is an island platformed METRORail light rail station in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. The station was opened on January 1, 2004,[1] and is operated by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas (METRO).
The station is located adjacent to the Lee P. Brown Administration Building, the METRO headquarters. The bus bay has parking space for nine buses.[2]
Routes that go through the Downtown Transit Center include:
- METRORAIL Red Line
- 6 - Jensen/Tanglewood
- 9 - North Main/Gulfton
- 11 - Almeda/Nance
- 15 - Fulton
- 30 - Clinton/Cullen
- 52 - Scott/Hirsch
- 60 - South MacGregor
- 77 - Liberty/MLK Limited
Gallery
The portion that has the public buses
References
- ↑ Wall, Lucas (January 1, 2004). "Main Street light rail; New ride for the new year; Festivals mark inaugural day for Metro train". The Houston Chronicle. p. A1.
- ↑ Sallee, Rad. "Metro touting future savings from building." Houston Chronicle. Wednesday August 21, 2002. A25. Retrieved on April 5, 2010.
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