MetroRail Houston

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METRORail Houston
Preston Station

The MetroRail Houston , known as METRO for short, is the second light rail system in Texas after the Dallas Area Rapid Transit . Local public transport was opened on January 1, 2004 on an above-ground 12 km long line with 16 stops (Red Line). At the end of 2013, an extension of the line by a further 8.5 km was put into operation. Two more new lines were opened in 2015.

The operator is the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County . The vehicle fleet consists of 37 Siemens Avanto low-floor trams and 39 others of the CAF Urbos type .

METRO route plan (as of 2013, before the extension was put into operation; further stations have since been added)

Stops: (as of 2013, before the extension was put into operation)

  • 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 Station
  • Ensemble / HCC station
  • McGowen Station
  • Downtown Transit Center
  • Bell station
  • Main Street Square Station
  • Preston Station
  • University of Houston-Downtown Station

Web links

Commons : MetroRail Houston  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files