Texas Medical Center Transit Center
Texas Medical Center Transit Center | |||||||||||
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 A group of METRO buses parked at the Texas Medical Center Transfer Station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 6910 Fannin Street, Houston, TX | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°42′14.97″N 95°24′10.33″W / 29.7041583°N 95.4028694°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | METRO | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Red Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island | ||||||||||
| Tracks | two | ||||||||||
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| Parking | private garages nearby | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | January 1, 2004[1] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Texas Medical Center Transit Center station is a METRORail light rail station in Houston, Texas. It serves the Red Line. The station is located within the Texas Medical Center and is located at the intersection of Fannin Street and Pressler Street. A pedestrian overpass connects the light rail platforms with platforms for buses.
Routes that go through the TMC Transit Center include:
- METRO Red Line
- 2 – Bellaire
- 4 – Beechnut
- 10 – Willowbend
- 14 – Hiram Clarke
- 27 – Shepherd
- 28 – OST–Wayside
- 41 – Kirby/Polk
- 56 – Airline/Montrose
- 60 – Cambridge
- 68 – Braeswood
- 84 – Buffalo Speedway
- 87 – Sunnyside
- 170 – Missouri City Express
- 291/292/297/298 – Texas Medical Center Corridor
- 291 – Conroe Park & Ride
- 292 – West Bellfort/Westwood–Texas Medical Center Park & Ride
- 297 – South Point/Monroe Park & Ride
- 298 – Addicks/Northwest Transit Center –Texas Medical Center Park & Ride
- 402 – Quickline Bellaire
In 2011 Kirksey Architecture announced that it plans to build a 65,000-square-foot (6,000 m2) complex on top of the existing TMC Transit Center.[2]
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Texas Medical Center Transit Center
References
[edit]- ^ Wall, Lucas (January 1, 2004). "Main Street light rail; New ride for the new year; Festivals mark inaugural day for Metro train". Houston Chronicle. p. A1.
- ^ "Metro Transit Center." Kirksey Architecture. Retrieved on January 14, 2011.
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