METRO resumes limited services on Thursday
HOUSTON (FOX 26) - Limited METRO local bus routes will resume Thursday, Aug. 31. There will also be limited METRORail service on the Red Line from Fannin South Station to Downtown Transit Center. Bus shuttles will provide transportation along the line from Downtown Transit Center to Northline Transit Center. Red Line service will be running every 15 minutes.
METROLift service will also be available on a limited basis.
Park & Ride is not scheduled to resume until Tuesday, Sep. 5, with HOV / HOT lanes and METRORail Green and Purple Line services suspended until further notice.
The following local bus routes, which represent around 50 percent of total service ridership, will begin service on Thursday morning running every 30 minutes:
- 2 Bellaire
- 4 Beechnut
- 8 West Bellfort
- 20 Canal/ Memorial
- 25 Richmond
- 26 Long Point/ Cavalcade
- 28 OST- Wayside
- 40 Heights/ Telephone
- 50 Broadway
- 52 Hardy- Ley
- 54 Scott
- 56 Airline/ Montrose
- 63 Fondren
- 65 Bissonnet
- 80 MLK/ Lockwood
- 82 Westheimer
- 85 Antoine/ Washington
- 99 Ella/ FM 1960
- 102 Bush IAH
- 137 Northshore
- 700 Red Line Shuttle Bus
Due to uncertain road conditions, it is still possible that METROLift will not be able to reach certain areas to pick up riders. Requests will be handled on a case-by-case basis. To schedule METROLift trips one day in advance, contact METRO by phone at 713-225-6716 or 713-225-0410.