Downtown Transit Center is an island platform

Island platform

An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...

ed METRORail

METRORail

METRORail is the light rail line in Houston . It is the second major light rail service in Texas following the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system. With an approximate daily ridership of 34,155, the METRORail ranks as the fourteenth most-traveled light rail system in the United States, with the...

 light rail

Light rail

Light rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems...

 station in Downtown

Downtown Houston

Downtown Houston is the largest business district of Houston, Texas, United States. Downtown Houston, the city's central business district, contains the headquarters of many prominent companies. There is an extensive network of pedestrian tunnels and skywalks connecting the buildings of the district...

 Houston, Texas

Texas

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, United States

United States

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. The station was opened on January 1, 2004, and is operated by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas

Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas

The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County is a major public transportation agency based in Houston . It operates bus, light rail, future commuter rail, and paratransit service in the city as well as most of Harris County...

 (METRO).

The station is located adjacent to the Lee P. Brown

Lee P. Brown

Lee Patrick Brown had a long-time career in law enforcement, leading police departments in Atlanta, Houston and New York over the course of nearly four decades. During this time he helped to implement a number of techniques in community policing that appeared to result in substantial decreases in...

 Administration Building, the METRO headquarters. The bus bay has parking space for nine buses.

Routes that go through the Downtown Transit Center include:

• METRORAIL
  Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas
  The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County is a major public transportation agency based in Houston . It operates bus, light rail, future commuter rail, and paratransit service in the city as well as most of Harris County...
  
  Red Line
• 6 - Jensen/Tanglewood
• 9 - North Main/Gulfton
• 11 - Almeda/Nance
• 15 - Fulton
• 30 - Clinton/Cullen
• 35 - Fairview
• 52 - Scott/Hirsch
• 60 - Hardy/South MacGregor
• 77 - Liberty/MLK Limited

External links

• Downtown Transit Center