Convention District station
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Convention District | |||||||||||||||
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Light rail station | |||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||
Location | Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 29°45′17.7″N 95°21′25.1″W / 29.754917°N 95.356972°W | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | METRO | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Surface | ||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | May 23, 2015 | ||||||||||||||
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Convention District is a light rail station in Houston, Texas, on the METRORail system. It is served by the Green and Purple lines and is located on Capitol and Rusk streets near the Avenida De La Americas. The station is named for the nearby George R. Brown Convention Center; it is also adjacent to Minute Maid Park, the home venue of the MLB team the Houston Astros.
Convention District station opened on May 23, 2015.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Begley, Dug (May 22, 2015). "Metro's new rail lines open Saturday". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 18, 2016.