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HOUSTON - PUBLIC TRANSPORT |
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"Transportation and infrastructures
By train
* Amtrak, 902 Washington Ave. Amtrak's Sunset Limited line is the only passenger train route with a stop in Houston.
By car
Houston's major freeways include:
* IH-45 North ("North Freeway"): To Dallas
* IH-45 South ("Gulf Freeway"): To Galveston
* IH-10 West ("Katy Freeway"): To San Antonio
* IH-10 East: ("Baytown/East Freeway", not to be confused with "Eastex freeway") to Beaumont
* IH-610 ("The Loop"): Loop around downtown
* US-59 South ("Southwest Freeway"): to Victoria
* US-59 North ("Eastex Freeway"): to Lufkin
* US-290 West ("Northwest Freeway"): to Austin
* SH-288 South ("South Freeway"): to Freeport
* SH-225 East ("Pasadena Freeway"): to La Porte
* BW-8 ("The Beltway/Sam Houston Tollway"): Loop about twice as far out as IH-610.
Approximate mileage to nearby cities (in miles):
* Austin: 160
* Baton Rouge, LA: 270
* Beaumont: 90
* Dallas: 240
* El Paso: 745
* Galveston: 50
* Lake Charles, LA: 140
* New Orleans, LA: 346
* San Antonio: 200
* Waco: 180
By bus
* Greyhound Lines.
o Downtown station, 2121 Main St.
o Crosstimbers Station, 4001 North Freeway.
o Northwest, 1500 West Loop North.
o Southeast, 7000 Harrisburg Blvd.
o Southwest, 5690 Southwest Freeway.
* El Expreso. Mexican trans-border bus line, also serves destinations throughout southeastern United States.
o Downtown station, 2201 Main St.
o Harrisburg, 7701 Harrisburg
o Southwest, Bissonett at Southwest Freeway (US 59)
You can get to Houston easily from Mexico (from as far as Mexico City and Michoacan) on a bus. In the bus stations of many major cities in Mexico you will see buses advertised to go to Houston.
There are many private bus companies in Houston that exclusively serve Mexico."
This articol is release from Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0. It use material from Wikitravel voices: "Houston".
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