METRORail
Sign in to saveMETRORail is the light rail system in Houston, Texas (United States). In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . METRORail ranks as the second most-traveled light rail system in the Southern United States and the 10th most-traveled light rail system in the United States, and has the highest ridership per mile for light rail systems in the Southern US. METRORail is operated by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO).
Key facts
- Public transit.name
- METRORail
- Public transit.image
- Houston METRORail Wordmark.svg
- Public transit.image2
- METRO Light Rail3.jpg
- Public transit.alt2
- Two-car train running southbound towards Fannin South station on the METRORail Red Line. The skyscrapers of downtown Houston can be seen in the background, and overhead wires are visible to provide power to the train.
- Public transit.imagesize2
- 250px
- Public transit.caption2
- Southbound two-car Siemens S70/H1 METRORail train on Red Line, departing downtown Houston (2007)
- Public transit.owner
- Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
- Public transit.locale
- Houston, Texas
- Public transit.transit_type
- Light rail/Tram
- Public transit.lines
- 3 (2 planned)
- Public transit.stations
- 39
- Public transit.daily_ridership
- ()
- Public transit.annual_ridership
- ()
- Public transit.chief_executive
- Tom Lambert
- Public transit.headquarters
- Lee P. Brown METRO Administration Building1900 Main Street
- Public transit.character
- At grade, with street running sections
- Public transit.vehicles
- 51 Siemens S7039 CAF Urbos LRV14 Siemens S700
- Public transit.train_length
- Two cars
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Article
23 sectionsContents
- History
- Predecessors
- False starts
- Main Street Line
- Phase II
- Cancellations and BRT conversions
- Future plans
- Operations
- Route and infrastructure
- Red (Main Street) Line
- Purple (Southeast) and Green (East End) Lines
- Fares
- Ridership
- Rolling stock
- H1 series
- H2 series
- H3 series
- H4 series
- Incidents and crashes
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
METRORail is the light rail system in Houston, Texas (United States). In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . METRORail ranks as the second most-traveled light rail system in the Southern United States and the 10th most-traveled light rail system in the United States, and has the highest ridership per mile for light rail systems in the Southern US. METRORail is operated by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO).
== History == === Predecessors ===