Downtown Transit Center (Houston)

Downtown Transit Center (Houston)
Downtown Transit Center (Houston)
	The portion of the Downtown Transit Center with rail service
General information
Location	1900 Main Street; Houston, Texas
Coordinates	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
Bicycle facilities	Adjacent sidewalk racks. Bicycles allowed on train during off peak times (Weekdays: 9am-3pm & 8pm-Close; Weekends: All times).
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	January 1, 2004; 20 years ago
Services

Downtown Transit Center (Houston) is a bus and light rail transportation center in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States, operated by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas (METRO). It includes an island platformed METRORail light rail station and bays for bus service.

The station was opened on January 1, 2004.^[1]

The station is located adjacent to the Lee P. Brown Administration Building, the METRO headquarters. The bus bay has parking spaces for nine buses.^[2]

Routes that go through the Downtown Transit Center include:

METRORAIL Red Line
6 - Jensen/Greens
11 - Almeda/Lyons
32 - Renwick/San Felipe
44 - Acres Homes
51 - Hardy/Kelley
52 - Hardy/Ley
54 - Scott
82 - Westheimer
85 - Antoine/Washington
102 - George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) Express
108 - Veterans Memorial Express
137 - Northshore Express
160 - Memorial City Express
161 - Wilcrest Express
162 - Memorial Express
291 - Conroe Park & Ride

Gallery[edit]

The portion that has the public buses

References[edit]

^ 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.