Elgin/Third Ward station explained

Elgin/Third Ward
Type:Light rail station
Address:Scott Street & Elgin Street
Houston, Texas
Coordinates:29.7284°N -95.3499°W
Owned:METRO
Line: Purple Line
Platforms:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Structure:Surface
Accessible:yes
Other Services Header:Proposed services (2030)
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-light
Zoom:15

Elgin/Third Ward is a light rail station in Houston, Texas on the METRORail system. It is served by the Purple Line and is located on Scott Street at Elgin Street in the Third Ward.

Elgin/Third Ward station opened on May 23, 2015.[1]

The station is proposed as a transfer station for the University Line.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Begley . Dug . May 22, 2015 . Metro's new rail lines open Saturday . . March 18, 2016.
  2. February 20, 2014 . METRORail System Plan . GO METRORail . Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County . July 10, 2016.