Downtown Transit Center (Houston) is a bus and light rail transportation center in

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, operated by the

Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (stylized as METRO) is a major public transportation agency based in Houston, Texas, United States. It operates bus, light rail, bus rapid transit, HOV and HOT lanes, and paratransit service ...

(METRO). It includes an

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METRORail METRORail is the light rail system in Houston, Texas (United States). In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . METRORail ranks as the second most-traveled light rail system in the Southern United States and the 12th ...

light rail station and bays for bus service. The station was opened on January 1, 2004. The station is located adjacent to the Lee P. Brown Administration Building, the METRO headquarters. The bus bay has parking spaces for nine buses.Sallee, Rad.
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''. Wednesday August 21, 2002. A25. Retrieved on April 5, 2010. Routes that go through the Downtown Transit Center include: *

METRORAIL METRORail is the light rail system in Houston, Texas (United States). In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . METRORail ranks as the second most-traveled light rail system in the Southern United States and the 12th ...

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 -

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(IAH) Express *108 - Veterans Memorial Express *137 - Northshore Express *160 - Memorial City Express *161 - Wilcrest Express *162 - Memorial Express *291 - Conroe Park & Ride

Gallery

File:DowntownTransitCenterHoustonTX.JPG, The portion that has the public buses

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Downtown Transit Center
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