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Location | 902 Washington Avenue Houston, Texas United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 29°46′02″N95°22′03″W / 29.76727°N 95.36754°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Union Pacific Railroad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | UP Terminal Subdivision | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Amtrak Thruway Greyhound Lines METRO Bus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak: HOS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1959 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FY 2022 | 15,833 [1] (Amtrak) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Houston station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Houston, Texas. It was built in 1959 by the Southern Pacific Railroad to replace the nearby Grand Central Station.
The present Houston station, which opened on October 26, 1959, was built by the Southern Pacific Railroad to replace Grand Central Station, which was just east of the present station. That station operated from September 1, 1934 until the property was sold to the U.S. Government in 1959 to become the site of the Houston main post office. Grand Central Station had replaced the original Houston & Texas Central depot of 1886. [2] When Amtrak was created it was one of two stations in Houston that served Amtrak trains, the other being Union Station, now part of Minute Maid Park. All Amtrak trains moved to Southern Pacific Station by the end of July 1974, and all trains were canceled or rerouted out of Houston except the Sunset Limited . The station continued to be owned and operated by the Southern Pacific Railroad after the creation of Amtrak, and it has been owned and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad, who bought out Southern Pacific.
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In the 2000s, the station was proposed to be replaced by the Houston Intermodal Transit Center, just north of downtown, on the Union Pacific main line. The project was cancelled in 2010.
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