Wheeler (METRORail station)

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Wheeler Station Light rail, on site bus transfer
Station statistics
Address	4500 1/2 Main Street, Houston, TX
Lines	Red Line,University/Orange Line (future)
Connections	1 Hospitals, 8 South Main, 25 Richmond, 60 South Mc Greggor/Hardy, 65 Bissonnet, 132 Harwin Limited
Structure	At grade
Levels	1
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Bicycle facilities	Racks located at station, bicycles allowed on Metrorail during off peak hours
Other information
Opened	January 1, 2004
Rebuilt	2012 (Proposed) to include University Line
Electrified	2004
Accessible
Owned by	METRO
Fare zone	1 Local
Services
Preceding station   METRORail   Following station Museum District toward Fannin South Red Line Ensemble/HCC toward University of Houston-Downtown

Wheeler Station is a station on the METRO Red Line in Houston, Texas (USA). The station is located at the intersection of Main Street and Wheeler Street in Midtown.

While the routing has not yet been finalized for the METRORail University Line, a transfer between the Red Line and the University Line will more than likely be located at Wheeler Station.

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This is currently the only station in the system that has platforms that face each other.

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