Museum District station
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| Location | Northbound: 5640 San Jacinto Street Southbound: 5660 Fannin Street Houston, Texas | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Red Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | METRO: 5, 65, 292 | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | January 1, 2004 | ||||||||||
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Museum District Station is a light rail station in south-central Houston, Texas, United States. The station serves the Red Line of Houston's METRORail system. The station is located in the southern end of the Houston Museum District, a neighborhood containing Houston's largest museums. Institutions near the station include the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Children's Museum of Houston, Holocaust Museum Houston, The Health Museum, and the Houston Museum of Natural Science.
The station's northbound and southbound are located on separate, parallel one-way streets (San Jacinto Street and Fannin Street, respectively) on opposite sides of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Visitor Center. Museum District is the one of four METRORail stations and the only Red Line station with such a layout.