Preston station (Houston)

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Preston
MetroRail at Preston Station.jpg
General information
LocationMain Street; Between Congress & Preston and Preston & Prairie
Coordinates 29°45′42.75″N95°21′39.43″W / 29.7618750°N 95.3609528°W / 29.7618750; -95.3609528
Owned by METRO
Line(s) HoustonMetroRedLine.svg Red Line
PlatformsSplit Island
TracksTwo
Construction
ParkingNot available
Bicycle facilitiesAdjacent sidewalk racks, Bicycles allowed on train during off peak times (Weekdays: 9 am-3 pm & 8 pm-Close; Weekends: All Times).
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJanuary 1, 2004;21 years ago (2004-01-01)
Services
Preceding station HoustonMetroLogoOnly.svg METRORail Following station
Central Station
toward Fannin South
Red Line UH–Downtown
Location
Preston station (Houston)

Preston is a station on the METRORail Red Line in Houston, Texas (USA). The station is located on the 300 block of Main Street, between Preston and Congress avenues in Downtown Houston. Preston Station was designed by two architecture firms, PGAL and M2L Architects. In addition to the station platform, the design includes landscaped medians; two, narrow brick-paved general traffic lanes; and broad sidewalks. [1]

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Points of interest

Attractions located within a short walk of the station include:

Listed below are in the Houston Theater District

The following court buildings are within walking distance:

Hotels

Restaurants

Bars

Bus connections

The following bus route numbers connect to Preston Station [2]

LOCAL: 1 Hospital, 3 Langley/West Gray, 5 Kashmere Gardens/Southmore, 6 Jensen/Tanglewood, 9 North Main/Gulfton, 11 Almeda/Nance, 15 Fulton, 20 Canal/Long Point Limited, 24 Northline, 30 Clinton/Cullen, 44 Acres Homes Limited, 52 Hirsch/Scott, 53 Briar Forest, 56 Airline Limited, 60 South MacGregor, 66 Yale, 77 Liberty/MLK, 78 Alabama/Irvington, 79 West Little York Limited, 80 Dowling/Lyons, 82 Westheimer, 85 Antoine.

LIMITED: 102 Bush IAH Limited, 108 Veterans Memorial Limited, 137 Northshore Limited, 163 Fondren Limited.

COMMUTER: 202 Kuykendahl, 204 Spring, 209 North Corridor Combined, 212 Seton Lake, 221 Kingsland, 244 Monroe, 246 Bay Area, 247 Fuqua, 249 Gulf Corridor Combined, 255 Kingwood, 256 Eastex, 257 Townsen, 259 Eastex Corridor Combined, 262 Westwood, 265 West Bellfort, 269 Southwest Corridor Combined.

References

  1. Fox (2012), p. 79.
  2. "METRO Bus Schedules". Archived from the original on July 12, 2010. Retrieved July 13, 2010. Ridemetro.org

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