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Preston (METRORail station)

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Owned by
  
METRO

Platforms
  
Split Island

Parking
  
Not Available

Line(s)
  
Red Line

Tracks
  
Two

Opened
  
1 January 2004

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Location
  
Main Street; Between Congress & Preston and Preston & Prairie

Owner
  
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County

Similar
  
Sweeney - Coombs - and Fred, Texas Company Annex, UH–Downtown, Bob Lanier Public Works Bu, Cavalcade

Preston is a station on the METRORail Red Line in Houston, Texas (USA). The station is located at Main Street and Preston Street in Downtown Houston. This was the 2nd station heading south along the rail line, but the rail has expanded further north as of spring, 2014. This station is located in the Northern, Historic part of Downtown Houston.

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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 Downtown Aquarium
  • Bayou Place
  • Alley Theatre
  • The Wortham Theater
  • Minute Maid Park
  • Jones Hall
  • The following court buildings are within walking distance:

  • Harris County Civil Courts
  • Harris County Family Courts
  • Harris County Juvenile Courts
  • Harris County Criminal Courts
  • Hotels

  • Hotel Icon
  • The Magnolia Hotel
  • Hotel Alden
  • The Lancaster
  • Restaurants

  • Mia Bella
  • Bars

  • Little Dipper
  • Captain Foxheart's Bad News Bar
  • Pastry War
  • Notsouh
  • Dean's
  • Okra Charity Bar
  • Clutch City Squire
  • Moving Sidewalk
  • Connecting Bus Routes

    The following bus route numbers connect to Preston Station

    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

    Preston (METRORail station) Wikipedia