"Metrorail" Top 5 Page for this destination Public Transportation Tip by H-TownJourneyman

The Houston Metrorail is the city's first attempt at mass transportation, other than the bus system that is. After almost 4 years of construction, service began in January of 2004, just before Superbowl XXXVIII. The good thing is that the train is a very nice, convenient way of getting from one place to another. It runs from the University Of Houston Downtown campus, through Downtown and Midtown, past the Museum District and the Texas Medical Center, and on down to the Reliant Stadium/Arena and Astrodome complex. If you are planning on being in or around any of these areas and need to get to one of the other ones, you are in luck! The Metrorail will get you there, and only for a dollar each way, or a two dollar day pass. At each stop you will find a kiosk machine to purchase your ticket(s). Now for the bad news. Houston is a huge city! The aforementioned areas comprise just a small area of the total town. The train does not go to either of the airports. It does not go to the Galleria. It does not go to NASA. And for residents, it does not go anywhere near 99% of their homes. So Metrorail is really more of a hopeful beginning to a much more widespread system. But this has yet to be determined, so any future train lines are years away. A nice train, limited access!

Mode: AROUND
Type: Train
Website: http://www.ridemetro.org/motion/lrt/railintro2.asp