Main Street Square is a station on the METRORail

METRORail

METRORail is the light rail line in Houston . It is the second major light rail service in Texas following the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system. With an approximate daily ridership of 34,155, the METRORail ranks as the fourteenth most-traveled light rail system in the United States, with the...

 Red Line in Houston

Houston, Texas

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, Texas

Texas

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 (USA

United States

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). This is the 3rd station heading south along the rail line. This station is located in the heart of downtown - With lots of shopping and offices nearby.

The station is located on Main Street in Downtown Houston

Downtown Houston

Downtown Houston is the largest business district of Houston, Texas, United States. Downtown Houston, the city's central business district, contains the headquarters of many prominent companies. There is an extensive network of pedestrian tunnels and skywalks connecting the buildings of the district...

 and has two separate platforms. The northbound platform is located between the Walker and McKinney Streets, while the southbound platform is located between Lamar and Dallas Streets. These two platforms are divided by the Main Street Square fountain.

Points of interest

Attractions located within a short walk of the station include Houston City Hall

Houston City Hall

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, the main branch of the Houston Public Library

Houston Public Library

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, Discovery Green

Discovery Green

Discovery Green is a public park in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. Opened in 2008, Discovery Green is located on Avenida de las Americas across from the George R. Brown Convention Center and the Hilton Americas Hotel, adjacent to Toyota Center...

, Toyota Center

Toyota Center (Houston)

The Toyota Center is an indoor arena located in downtown Houston, Texas. It is named after the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota. The arena is home to the Rockets of the National Basketball Association, the principal owners of the building, and the Aeros of the American Hockey League.Rockets...

, George R. Brown Convention Center

George R. Brown Convention Center

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, Macy's and the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts is a theater in Houston, Texas, USA. Opened to the public in 2002, the theater is located downtown on the edge of the Houston Theater District. Hobby Center features 60-foot-high glass walls with views of Houston's skyscrapers, Tranquility Park and Houston...

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Connecting Bus Routes

All of these routes connect at or nearby both of the station platforms.

1 Hospital, 3 Langley/West Gray, 5 Kashmere Gardens/Southmore, 6 Jensen/Tanglewood, 9 North Main/Gulfton, 11 Almeda/Nance, 15 Fulton, 18 Kirby Limited, 20 Canal/Long Point Limited, 24 Northline, 30 Clinton/Cullen, 40 Telephone/Pecore, 44 Acres Homes Limited, 48 Navigation/West Dallas, 50 Harrisburg/Heights, 52 Hirsch/Scott, 53 Briar Forest Limited, 56 Airline Limited, 60 South MacGregor/Hardy, 66 Yale, 70 Memorial, 77 Liberty/MLK, 78 Alabama/Irvington, 79 West Little York, 80 Dowling/Lyons, 81 Westheimer/Westwood, 82 Westheimer/Sharpstown, 85 Antoine.

102 Bush IAH Limited, 108 Veterans Memorial Limited, 131 Memorial Limited, 137 Northshore Limited.

202 Kuykendahl, 204 Spring, 209 North Corridor Combined, 212 Seton Lake, 221 Kingsland, 244 Monroe, 246 Bay Area, 247 Fuqua, 249 Gulf Corridor Combined, 255 Kingwood, 256 Eastex, 257 Townsen, 259 Eastex Corridor Combined, 262 Westwood, 265 West Bellfort, 269 Southwest Corridor Combined.

313 Allen Parkway Special.