Downtown Transit Center (Houston) is a bus and light rail transportation center in
Downtown
''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business distric ...
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.
The station is located adjacent to the
Lee P. Brown
Lee Patrick Brown (born October 4, 1937) is an American politician, criminologist and businessman; in 1997 he was the first African-American to be elected mayor of Houston, Texas. He was re-elected twice to serve the maximum of three terms from ...
Administration Building, the METRO headquarters. The bus bay has parking spaces for nine buses.
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Metro touting future savings from building
" '' Houston Chronicle''. Wednesday August 21, 2002. A25. Retrieved on April 5, 2010.
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
File:DowntownTransitCenterHoustonTX.JPG, The portion that has the public buses
References
External links
Downtown Transit Center
METRORail stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 2004
2004 establishments in Texas
Railway stations in Harris County, Texas
Transit_centers_in_the_United_States
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