Coffee Plant/Second Ward is a light rail station in Houston, Texas on the METRORail system. It is served by the Green Line and is located on Harrisburg Boulevard between York and Hutcheson streets. The station is named for the Second Ward neighborhood as well as a former Maxwell House coffee manufacturing plant. In 2006, Maxwell House sold the plant to Maximus Coffee Group[1] which currently operates the plant under the Atlantic Coffee Solutions brand. [2].
Coffee Plant/Second Ward | |||||||||||
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| Light rail station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Standort | Harrisburg Blvd and York Street Houston, Texas | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°44′51.2″N 95°20′24.5″W / 29.747556°N 95.340139°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | METRO | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Green Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Surface | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | May 23, 2015 | ||||||||||
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Coffee Plant/Second Ward station opened on May 23, 2015 as part of the Green Line's first phase.[3]
References
- ^ Moreno, Jenalia (08 Dec 2006). "Maxwell House plant being sold". Houston Chronicle. Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Brown, Nick (8 July 2014). "Ecom Rebrands Houston Subsidiary Maximus As Atlantic Coffee Solutions". Daily Coffee News by Roast Magazine. Daily Coffee News.
- ^ Begley, Dug (May 22, 2015). "Metro's new rail lines open Saturday". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
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