Wheeler (METRORail station)
Wheeler Station | ||||||||||||||||
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Light rail, on site bus transfer | ||||||||||||||||
Wheeler Station | ||||||||||||||||
Location | 4500½ Main Street, Houston, TX | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | METRO | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) |
University/Blue Line (future) | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Connections | 1 Hospital, 8 South Main, 25 Richmond, 60 South MacGregor, 65 Bissonnet, 132 Harwin Limited | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Racks located at station; bicycles allowed on Metrorail during off-peak hours | |||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||
Other information | ||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 1 Local | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | January 1, 2004 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | 2004 | |||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||
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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 construction and funding has not yet been finalized for the METRORail University/Blue Line, transfers between it and the Red Line will occur here if and when the Blue Line is built.
This is currently the only station in the system that has platforms that face each other.
References
Coordinates: 29°43′57.98″N 95°23′0.08″W / 29.7327722°N 95.3833556°W