Convention District station
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Convention District | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Eastbound: 1635 Rusk Street Westbound: 1700 Capitol Street Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°45′17.7″N 95°21′25.1″W / 29.754917°N 95.356972°W | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Green Line Purple Line | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Connections |  METRO: 500 | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | May 23, 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| May 2025 | Green Line: 246 (avg. weekday)[1] Purple Line: 218 (avg. weekday)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Convention District is a METRORail light rail station in Downtown Houston, Texas. It is served by the Green and Purple lines and consists of two side platforms (eastbound on Rusk Street, westbound on Capitol Street) on opposite sides of Avenida De Las Americas.
The station serves the George R. Brown Convention Center and Daikin Park, the home venue of the Houston Astros MLB team. In addition, METRO operates the IAH Downtown Direct shuttle (route 500) to George Bush Intercontinental Airport from the Avenida North parking garage next to the station.[2]
As of May 2025[update], Convention District has the lowest weekday ridership of all Green Line and Purple Line stations, with an average of 246 riders on the former and 218 riders on the latter.[1]
The station opened with the Green and Purple Lines on May 23, 2015.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "May 2025 (Fiscal Year 2025) Ridership Summary". METRO. Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County.
- ^ McClenagan, Kyle (April 11, 2025). "METRO relaunches nonstop bus route between Bush Intercontinental Airport and downtown Houston". Houston Public Media. University of Houston. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
- ^ Begley, Dug (May 22, 2015). "Metro's new rail lines open Saturday". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
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