^ "Looking to reduce cost of light line link to Hobby, Metro pushing forward with plan for Green and Purple lines to meet and share tracks to aorport along Telephone".
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (Metro). ^ "Construction Issues Prompt New April 2015 Rail Opening Date" (Press release)."More trouble for rail lines as opening pushed to next year". "UH, Metro come to terms on rail line route". "Metro rail blurs line between city and campus". ^ "900m awarded to extend Houston's light rail system".Archived November 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County.
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^ "RAILFEST: Free Concert & Fireworks".Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas. ^ a b c Bennett, Adam (April 20, 2015).^ a b c "Station Guide Downtown" (PDF).METRO acknowledges college students to be the biggest rider demographic for the Purple Line. The light rail route was intended to benefit students of the University of Houston and Texas Southern University, by giving students (especially those without transportation) access to Houston's attractions and Downtown restaurants and nightlife. From there it would head south to William P. Ī possible expansion for the Purple Line would allow it to head east onto Griggs Road and into the Gulfbank area. The following is a list of stations for the Purple Line, listed in order from north to south. New plans are in the works for the connection from palm center and the Hobby airport. Problems with non-MetroRAIL construction projects downtown, as well as with the axle-counters used to regulate light rail traffic, subsequently pushed back the opening of the line to April 2015, and subsequently to May 23, 2015. The construction was temporarily halted in the summer of 2012, when the University of Houston opposed the line's initial route around the campus, though the dispute was soon settled. By fall 2010, it became clear that a late 2013 opening was impossible, and the line would not open until late 2014. Phase I construction was due to be completed by Spring 2011, with Phase II construction finishing by Fall 2013, and a planned opening for 2013 or 2014. On December 8, 2011, the FTA announced the award of a $450 million grant from the New Starts transit program to fund construction of the Purple Line. From here the tracks continue a short distance further into a storage facility for the METRORail trains.Ĭonstruction began July 2009. Another southeastern turn onto Griggs leads to the line's southern terminus, the Palm Center Transit Center. Turning onto Martin Luther King Drive, the route will head to the MacGregor Park Station. The route then takes a southeastern turn onto Wheeler to the UH South/University Oaks Station, which also provides access to the University of Houston. The next stop at Cleburne will provide access to the University of Houston and Texas Southern University. Traveling south on Scott Street leads to the next stop, which will be at the intersection of Elgin Street-providing access and transfers to the University/Blue Line. Before crossing I-69/ US 59 the 2 tracks converge to run together on Texas into the East End where it and the Green Line diverge after EaDo/Stadium Station, which has access to the PNC Stadium, the home venue of the Texas Southern Tigers football, Houston Dynamo & Houston Dash.įrom here, the line continues southward towards the next stop at Leeland. Transfers to the Red Line will occur at the Fannin Station. Four of the line's stations will be in downtown with stops at Smith, Main, Fannin, and Crawford. Both of these downtown sections involve street running in mixed traffic like a traditional streetcar line. The northbound track will run along Capitol Street in downtown, while its southbound counterpart will run down Rusk Street.
The Purple Line begins at its northern terminus at Smith Street with split tracks on Capitol and Rusk Streets.
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