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The Red Line is one of three light rail routes on the METRORail network operated by METRO in Houston, Texas.It is the oldest line in the METRORail system, with the first 7.5-mile (12.1 km) section of the line between Fannin South and UH–Downtown opening on January 1, 2004.
Houston, Texas, U.S. Transit type: Bus, light rail, paratransit, express lanes: Number of lines: 83 local bus routes 31 commuter bus routes 3 light rail lines 1 community connector 1 bus rapid transit line: Number of stations: 44 (light rail) 12 (bus rapid transit) 27 (park and rides) 21 (transit centers) Daily ridership: 244,700 (weekdays, Q3 ...
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Theater District is a light rail station in Houston, Texas on the METRORail system. It is the western terminus of the Green and Purple lines, and is located on Capitol and Rusk streets near Smith Street. The station is named for the Houston Theater District. Theater District station opened on May 23, 2015. [1]
[1] [2] [3] It was incorporated on August 31, 1905 [4] and was initially owned by four line-haul railway companies that it connected with, Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway Company, the Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway Company, the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway Company and the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company. [1]
The Red Line is served by an island platform along Main Street between Capitol Street and Rusk Street, and officially referred to as Central Station Main.At the time of construction for the Green and Purple Line, the Red Line platform for the station was an infill along the existing line.
The railway line was sold to Charles Morgan in March 1877. The Houston and Texas Central Railway Company entered receivership on February 23, 1885; the Main Line and the Western Division were sold to the Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company on April 1, 1890. The Waco and Northwestern Division remained in receivership until it was sold on ...
Texas Central or Texas Central Partners, LLC, is a private company that is proposing to build a high-speed rail line between Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston. [3] It plans to use technology based on that used by the Central Japan Railway Company and trains based on the N700S Series Shinkansen .