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Hermann Park/Rice U | |||||||||||
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| Location | 6098 Fannin Street Houston, Texas | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°43′12.06″N 95°23′36.81″W / 29.7200167°N 95.3935583°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Red Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | Two | ||||||||||
| Connections |  METRO: 56, 291, 292, 298 Hermann Park Railroad | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | January 1, 2004[1] | ||||||||||
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Hermann Park/Rice U is a light rail station in south-central Houston, Texas, United States. The station serves the Red Line of the METRORail system. It is located on the western side of Hermann Park at the intersection of Fannin Street and Sunset Boulevard.
The station serves Hermann Park and the main entrance of Rice University. The station is adjacent to a stop on the Hermann Park Railroad, a narrow-gauge tourist train, as well as a BCycle bike-share kiosk.[2]
- ^ Wall, Lucas (January 1, 2004). "New ride for the new year: Festivals mark inaugural day for Metro train". Houston Chronicle. Hearst Corporation. p. A1 – via NewsBank.
- ^ Begley, Dug (April 4, 2013). "Commuting options on the rise in Houston". Houston Chronicle. Hearst Corporation – via NewsBank.