Houston Light Rail

After dallas s dart light rail metrorail ranks as the second most traveled light rail system in the southern united states and the 12th most traveled light rail system in the united states.

Houston light rail. Customers can carry a pet on the bus and the rail as long as it is caged properly. The recently expanded light rail provides service along nearly 23 miles of central houston. Light rail system metrorail. Featured stops include downtown the museum district the texas medical center and nrg park.

The red line was expanded in december 2013 offering fast and convenient rail service from the northline transit center hcc to fannin south and numerous points in between. Get on track with houston s metrorail a fast convenient way to travel to downtown midtown the museum district texas medical center moody park and up to the northline transit center hcc. The red line north green line east end and the purple line southeast. Houston texas s largest city last saw electric traction in 1940.

Although light rail had been talked about and studied since the 1980s its implementation has always been controversial as the pervasiveness of the automobile and the freeway system constructed to support auto travel is second only to los angeles and the city has the state s worst air pollution as a result. Houston once every two weeks or so in the six months after houston s first light rail line opened in 2004 a car crashed into the dazzling fountain that flanks the tracks downtown. Project oversight design build systems design testing commissioning and procurement of light rail vehicles vision for the future serving the largest city in texas and the fifth largest metropolitan area in the united states houston metro s vision is to improve mobility provide alternative transportation options and enhance economic. Our fleet consists of 66 rail cars in operation four in testing and six pending delivery.

As of 2015 the metrorail has an average weekday ridership of 56 600 and total annual ridership of 18 335 million. Metrorail is the 22 7 mile 36 5 km light rail system in houston texas united states. 12 km 16 stops. Exploring houston light rail metrorail consists of three light rail lines.

Opened 1 jan 2004 extended north 21 dec 2013 adding 8 5 km and 8 stations central station added on 18 feb 2015. Green purple lines.