Main Street Square is a station on the

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Red Line in

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( USA). This originally was the 3rd station heading south along the rail line and is in the heart of downtown. There are many shopping areas and offices nearby. The station is located on Main Street in

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and has two separate platforms. The northbound platform is located between the Walker and McKinney Streets, while the southbound platform is located between Lamar and Dallas Streets. These two platforms are divided by the Main Street Square fountain.

Points of interest

Attractions located within a short walk of the station include

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, the main branch of the

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, Discovery Green,

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, George R. Brown Convention Center and the

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Bus connections

All of these routes connect at or nearby both of the station platforms. LOCAL: 6 Jensen/Greens, 11 Almeda/Lyons, 32 Renwick/San Felipe, 40 Telephone/Heights/

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, 41 Kirby/Polk, 44 Acres Homes, 51 Hardy/Kelley, 52 Hardy/Ley, 82 Westheimer, 85 Antoine/Washington. LIMITED: 102 Bush IAH Express, 108 Veterans Memorial Express, 137 Northshore Express, 160 Memorial City Express, 161 Wilcrest Express, 162 Memorial Express. COMMUTER: 202 Kuykendahl, 204 Spring, 209 North Corridor Combined, 212 Seton Lake, 221 Kingsland, 244 Monroe, 246 Bay Area, 247 Fuqua, 249 Gulf Corridor Combined, 255 Kingwood, 256 Eastex, 257 Townsen, 259 Eastex Corridor Combined, 262 Westwood, 265 West Bellfort, 269 Southwest Corridor Combined. MainStreetSquare1

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Main Street Square (Metrorail Station) METRORail stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 2004 2004 establishments in Texas Railway stations in Harris County, Texas