This is a manned facility meaning you can wait in the Air Conditioned room while waiting to board…read moreyour train. You also can check your bags with the staff. Easily located & lots of places to sit.

The Heartland of America tour with 1 of the largest steam engine Big Boy 4014 began its route in…read moreCheyenne Wyoming and made it's way to Houston Amtrak today. It was majestic and even had time to see the conductor and steam rising from its black engines as it parked on the Amtrak rails downtown. As a person who was fascinated with trains, in my 20s I had even taken a magical 3 week trip with my sister on Amtrak from Atlanta to Boston and back. Magical Memories.

Back again at my favorite outdoor space in Houston! Plenty of parking, great walking trail, and my…read morego to for outdoor walks and activities

Walking trail should be accessible. I didn't like how tree roots ruin the sidewalk but that's just…read morenature. Can't really fault it for doing what it is supposed to do. It's a great place to get your prom pictures taken or take a tourist out.

It's a nice small train station where we can easily park our cars and ride on a train…read more We got to come here because of the foodie land festival at NRG park. One stop from that parking lot for us and it was easy process! ;) $1.25 one way to the destination! Love it

Metro is the fastest, most stress free way, I've ever gotten to work. There's a stigma about using…read morepublic trans in TX, but I've been surrounded by business professionals the entire time I've used it for work. Has the opportunity to see some familiar faces and make light convo with some new ones (that's not an everyday thing for me). There's the occasional crazy, but that's no indictment on Metro; they render service to EVERYONE! Every interaction I've had with a metro staff person has been beyond professional and super satisfactory. I continue to be thoroughly surprised each time. The trains are clean 90% of the time. There's always some jerk who ignores the no drinking or eating rule and leaves an entire pizza box on the seat. Metro is good about cleaning things up and keeping everyone experience as pleasant as possible. I'll continue to use the light rail, and really recommend it for any commuter.

Main Street Square Station is a surface level station as are all of the other light rail stations…read morein Houston. It has ticket vending kiosks at both ends of the platform. The platform has a little bit of cover from rain. There is a visual board with the current time and the audible announcement of the next train gives about one minute's warning. Tickets are $1.25 and you do not want to try to ride without purchasing one or tapping your multi-ride card. I rode the Metro four or five times and each time, there was a fare checker on board. This is an *interesting* part of town. Expect at least a couple of people to ask you for money.

. Don't try to get here without buying a ticket. Tickets checker/ metro police stands on the…read moreplatform to check. If found without, they will write you up. It's similar to traffic ticket.

I tried hard to take the Purple Line to Minute Maid Park but this station was packed and the train…read morewas much delayed by the street traffic. Unlike my experience on the Red Line, the Purple shares a lane of traffic in each direction with cars and on a busy day as it was today, the train does not get you there any faster than simply walking. The station is a side platform on Capitol Street on Rusk Street between Fannin Street and San Jacinto Street. It is between Theater District (westbound) and Convention District (eastbound, towards Palm Center). The station has automated ticket kiosks and an overhead visual announcement for the next train. I didn't stick around long enough to wait for the audio as I had a baseball game to see!

If you are attracted to these trains, you may be a Metrosexual…read more I found it pretty amazing to see where all the trains are kept. So many trains! This place is really cool and I think they should offer tours for it because a lot more people are interested in trains than you would think. Well me anyway. Maybe I'm just weird. Unfortunately stepping onto their property counts as trespassing and they're very eager to let you know that. Maybe because this is a low-income area. I wouldn't expect quite that many signs if this thing were in The Woodlands. But welcome to humanity. Anyway if they ever start giving tours I might raise them to four stars. If they give free tours they will get five!

$3 for parking and a $2.50 round-trip ticket on MetroRail can't be beat, especially with the…read moremadness of OTC.

Well, I must say I was surprised when the Metro guy said the metro was free tonight to go The…read moreRolling Stones concert at NRG stadium. No charge for the train ride or to park! What a bargain. And we didn't have to wait in the long traffic lines to park near the stadium either. All in all a great experience! Thanks Metro.

Being one of the cleanest rail stations is very much like being the prettiest troll at a troll…read morepageant. But, there's something still to be said about reaching for the stars, even if you are a station. Situated next to the huge Smith Lands parking lot (primarily for medical center visitors but used during the Rodeo, too), it faces a large apartment complex, which makes for convenient hops for those dwellers who also work in the medical center. The Texas Medical Center stops are either 2 or 3 stops on the northbound line from here. First one is TMC Dryden and second one is the Memorial Hermann Hospital/Zoo stop. If you're having a medical emergency, you could buy your $1.25 ticket, hop on, and stumble into the emergency room. Actually, for liability purposes, scratch that. Call 911 instead. Pro tip: If you have to pee while riding the rail, you can hop off at this stop, enter the Smith Lands parking lot gate, and follow the blue awning path to the shuttle bus stop. There are buildings on either side of the shuttle stop and both have clean air-conditioned bathrooms, complete with sinks, soap, and paper towels. You won't find a gem of knowledge like this in any Houston visitor center brochure. You're welcome.

Conveniently close to Minute Maid Park, this street level station has the usual automated ticket…read morekiosks with an overhead visual and audible announcement of the next train. As it's only a one minute warning, which is right around the time the train makes the corner from Hamilton Street, that's a little silly. There is some overhead cover if it's raining. Note that the Purple Line shares a lane of traffic with cars and other vehicles making it a tad on the slow side.