METRORail

The Metrorail Houston, known for short as METRO, is according to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit light rail system, the second in Texas. Public transport was opened on 1 January 2004 on an aboveground 12 km long line with 16 stops ( Red Line ). The end of 2013 a further extension of the line to 8.5 km was put into operation. Two other new lines are under construction and are expected to be taken during the year 2014.

Is operated by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County. The fleet consists of 18 low-floor trams, Siemens Avanto type.

Stops: (as of 2013, prior to commissioning the extension )

  • Fannin South Station
  • Reliant Park Station
  • Smith Lands Station
  • TMC Transit Center
  • Dryden / TMC Station
  • Memorial Hermann Hospital / Houston Zoo station
  • Hermann Park / Rice University Station
  • Museum District Station
  • Wheeler stations
  • Ensemble / HCC station
  • McGowen station
  • Downtown Transit Center
  • Bell station
  • Main Street Square Station
  • Preston station
  • University of Houston -Downtown station

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  • Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County

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