Preston is a station on the

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). The station is located on the 300 block of Main Street, between Preston and Congress avenues in

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. Preston Station was designed by two architecture firms, PGAL and M2L Architects. In addition to the station platform, the design includes landscaped medians; two, narrow brick-paved general traffic lanes; and broad sidewalks.

Points of interest

Attractions located within a short walk of the station include: Listed below are in the

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* The Wortham Theater *

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* Jones Hall The following court buildings are within walking distance: * Harris County Civil Courts * Harris County Family Courts * Harris County Juvenile Courts * Harris County Criminal Courts

Hotels

* Hotel Icon * The Magnolia Hotel * Hotel Alden * The Lancaster

Restaurants

* Mia Bella

Bars

* Little Dipper * Captain Foxheart's Bad News Bar * Pastry War * Notsouh * Dean's * Okra Charity Bar * Clutch City Squire * Moving Sidewalk

Bus connections

The following bus route numbers connect to Preston Station Ridemetro.org 1 Hospital, 3 Langley/West Gray, 5 Kashmere Gardens/Southmore, 6 Jensen/Tanglewood, 9 North Main/Gulfton, 11 Almeda/Nance, 15 Fulton, 20 Canal/Long Point Limited, 24 Northline, 30 Clinton/Cullen, 44 Acres Homes Limited, 52 Hirsch/Scott, 53 Briar Forest, 56 Airline Limited, 60 South MacGregor, 66 Yale, 77 Liberty/MLK, 78 Alabama/Irvington, 79 West Little York Limited, 80 Dowling/Lyons, 82 Westheimer, 85 Antoine. 102 Bush IAH Limited, 108 Veterans Memorial Limited, 137 Northshore Limited, 163 Fondren Limited. 202 Kuykendahl, 204 Spring, 209 North Corridor Combined, 212 Seton Lake, 221 Kingsland, 244 Monroe, 246 Bay Area, 247 Fuqua, 249 Gulf Corridor Combined, 255 Kingwood, 256 Eastex, 257 Townsen, 259 Eastex Corridor Combined, 262 Westwood, 265 West Bellfort, 269 Southwest Corridor Combined.

References

Bibliography

* METRORail stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 2004 2004 establishments in Texas Railway stations in Harris County, Texas {{Texas-railstation-stub