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METRORail is a light rail transit system serving Houston, Texas.The system is operated by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, also known as METRO.The system currently has 39 stations and 22.7 miles (36.5 km) of track, served by three lines. [1]
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 ...
Fortune 500 companies based in Houston [1]: Rank Company name 12: ExxonMobil: 48: Phillips 66: 60: Sysco: 105: Enterprise Products Partners: 106: Hewlett Packard Enterprise: 127: Plains GP Holdings
Their preliminary study stated that the population in both Harris County and Fort Bend County would continue to grow, and thus there would be more commuters going to central Houston. It identified the area with most commuters from Fort Bend County as the Texas Medical Center with 24,000 daily trips, accounting for 33% of the total work trips ...
Texas and New Orleans Railroad: Houston Railway: SP: 1892 1902 Houston and Texas Central Railroad: Houston Belt and Magnolia Park Railway: MP: 1889 1893 Houston, Oaklawn and Magnolia Park Railway: Houston Belt and Terminal Railway: HBT ATSF/ CB&Q/ MP/ RI: 1905 Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad ...
Map Showing Lines of the Houston Electric Company c 1907 METRORail along the Main Street Corridor in Downtown A METRO bus driving through the University of Houston campus on Cullen Boulevard. The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas, or METRO, provides public transportation in the form of buses, trolleys, and lift vans. [2]
The METRORapid Silver Line is a bus rapid transit line in Houston, Texas operated by METRO. Opened August 23, 2020, [ 2 ] the line connects the Uptown area of Houston, with dedicated lanes over nearly the entire length of the corridor. [ 3 ]
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. Construction on a 5.3-mile (8.5 km) extension to the north [ 5 ] began July 2009, and was expected to continue until 2014, [ 6 ] though the opening date was later pushed back to ...