Coffee Plant/Second Ward station explained

Coffee Plant/Second Ward
Type:Light rail station
Address:Harrisburg Blvd and York Street
Houston, Texas
Coordinates:29.7476°N -95.3401°W
Owned:METRO
Line: Green Line
Platforms:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Structure:Surface
Accessible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-light
Zoom:15

Coffee Plant/Second Ward is a light rail station in Houston, Texas on the METRORail system. It is served by the Green Line and is located on Harrisburg Boulevard between York and Hutcheson streets. The station is named for the Second Ward neighborhood as well as a former Maxwell House coffee manufacturing plant. Maxwell House began operations at the plant in 1948 and sold the plant to Maximus Coffee Group in 2006,[1] which operated the plant under the Atlantic Coffee Solutions brand until 2018.[2]

Coffee Plant/Second Ward station opened on May [3] 23, 2015, as part of the Green Line's first phase.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Moreno. Jenalia. Maxwell House plant being sold. 23 July 2017. Houston Chronicle. 8 December 2006.
  2. News: Brown. Nick. Ecom Rebrands Houston Subsidiary Maximus As Atlantic Coffee Solutions. Daily Coffee News by Roast Magazine. Daily Coffee News. 8 July 2014.
  3. Web site: Takahashi . Paul . 2018-04-19 . East End coffee plant to roast its last bean this summer . 2024-01-31 . Houston Chronicle . en.
  4. News: Begley . Dug . May 22, 2015 . Metro's new rail lines open Saturday . . March 18, 2016.