UH South/University Oaks station

UH South/University Oaks
General information
Location	4455 Wheeler Ave. Houston, Texas
Coordinates	29°42′58.0″N95°20′28.2″W / 29.716111°N 95.341167°W / 29.716111; -95.341167
Owned by	Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
Line	Purple Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	METRO : 25, 80
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	yes
History
Opened	May 23, 2015 (2015-05-23)
Passengers
May 2025	318 (avg. weekday) [1]
Services
Preceding station METRORail Following station TSU/UH Athletics District toward Theater District Purple Line MacGregor Park/Martin Luther King Jr. toward Palm Center Transit Center
Location

UH South/University Oaks is a METRORail light rail station in the University Oaks neighborhood of Houston, Texas. The station is served by the Purple Line and is located north of Wheeler Avenue on the south side of the University of Houston campus.

As of May 2025 ^[update] , UH South/University Oaks has the lowest weekend ridership of all Purple Line stations, with an average of 165 riders on Saturdays and 154 riders on Sundays. ^[1]

UH South/University Oaks station opened on May 23, 2015. ^[2]

References

1. "May 2025 (Fiscal Year 2025) Ridership Summary". METRO . Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County.
2. Begley, Dug (May 22, 2015). "Metro's new rail lines open Saturday". Houston Chronicle . Retrieved March 18, 2016.