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Coffee Plant/Second Ward station

Coffee Plant/Second Ward
Light rail station
Coffee Plant Second Ward Rail station from the west part of the platform.
General information
LocationHarrisburg Blvd and York Street
Houston, Texas
Coordinates29°44′51.2″N 95°20′24.5″W / 29.747556°N 95.340139°W / 29.747556; -95.340139
Owned byMETRO
Line(s) Green Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeSurface
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedMay 23, 2015 (2015-05-23)
Services
Preceding station METRORail Following station
EaDo/Stadium Green Line Lockwood/​Eastwood
Location
Map

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. Maxwell House began operations at the plant in 1948 and sold the plant to Maximus Coffee Group in 2006,[1] which operated the plant under the Atlantic Coffee Solutions brand until 2018.[2]

Coffee Plant/Second Ward station opened on May [3] 23, 2015, as part of the Green Line's first phase.[4]

References

  1. ^ Moreno, Jenalia (8 December 2006). "Maxwell House plant being sold". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  2. ^ Brown, Nick (8 July 2014). "Ecom Rebrands Houston Subsidiary Maximus As Atlantic Coffee Solutions". Daily Coffee News by Roast Magazine. Daily Coffee News.
  3. ^ Takahashi, Paul (2018-04-19). "East End coffee plant to roast its last bean this summer". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  4. ^ Begley, Dug (May 22, 2015). "Metro's new rail lines open Saturday". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 18, 2016.


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