METRORail Purple Line

Purple Line
Purple Line
Overview
Status	Operating
Locale	Houston, Texas, U.S.
Termini	Theater District Station (north); Palm Center Transit Center (south);
Stations	10
Service
Type	Light rail/Streetcar
System	METRORail
Operator(s)	METRO
Daily ridership	5,692 (September 2023)
History
Opened	May 23, 2015; 9 years ago
Technical
Line length	6.6 mi (10.6 km)
Character	Street running downtown, exclusive right-of-way elsewhere
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification	Overhead catenary
Highest elevation	At-grade with city streets
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	MacGregor Park/
	Martin Luther King Jr.
	US 90
	Alt.
Key
	All stations are accessible
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The Purple Line is a 6.6-mile (10.6 km)^[5] METRORail light rail/streetcar^[2] route operated by METRO in Houston, Texas, United States, serving Southeast Houston. The line opened on May 23, 2015.^[4]^[6]

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^ "Executive Summary - September 2023". Houston METRO. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
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^ ^a ^b "METRORail". Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
^ "RAILFEST: Free Concert & Fireworks". Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County. May 21, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2015.