University of Houston–Downtown Station

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University of Houston–Downtown (UH–Downtown)
Station statistics
Address	One Main Street
Lines	Red Line
Tracks	two
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	Racks on campus of UH–Downtown; Bikes allowed on train during off peak times
Other information
Opened	January 1, 2004
Accessible
Owned by	METRO
Services
Preceding station   METRORail   Following station Preston toward Fannin South Red Line Terminus

University of Houston–Downtown Station is a station on the METRO Red Line in Houston, Texas (USA) and is the northernmost of the Red Line.

The station—located on top of the Main Street viaduct in Downtown—serves the University of Houston–Downtown.

At the station, the passengers load and unboard the train. The operator goes to the other operatorer's cab (The train has more than one cab, one for each travel of direction). After about a 5 minute layover the train departs UH–Downtown. The train waits for the next train to pull into the other track before departing.

This station is unique because it is located on top of the Main Street viaduct due to space limitations it has an extremely narrow platform.

v • d • e METRORail Red line stations Stations University of Houston–Downtown Station • Preston Station • Main Street Square Station • Bell Station • Downtown Transit Center Station • McGowen Station • Ensemble/HCC Station • Wheeler Station • Museum District Station • Hermann Park/Rice University Station • Memorial Hermann Hospital/Houston Zoo Station • Dryden/TMC Station • TMC Transit Center • Smith Lands Station • Reliant Park Station • Fannin South Station