Central Station is a METRORail light rail station in downtown Houston, Texas, United States. The station serves as a transfer point between all three METRORail lines: the Red Line, Green Line, and Purple Line. Central is the only Red Line station to connect to another METRORail line.
The station proper consists of three separate platforms. Central Station Capitol, a side platform on Capitol Street, serves westbound Green and Purple Line trains, while Central Station Rusk, a side platform on Rusk Street, serves eastbound Green and Purple Line trains. Central Station Main, an island platform in the median of Main Street, blocks west of Capitol/Rusk, serves the Red Line.
, Central station has the highest ridership of all Green Line and Purple Line stations.
The Red line platform opened on February 18, 2015 as an infill station along the pre-existing rail line. The Green and Purple line platforms opened May 23, 2015.
Destinations located within a short walk of the station include: