MSG Joe E. Ramirez station
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MSG Joe E. Ramirez | |||||||||||
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| Location | Eastbound: 6717 Harrisburg Blvd. Westbound: 6630 Harrisburg Blvd. Houston, Texas | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°44′15.1″N 95°18′29.8″W / 29.737528°N 95.308278°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County | ||||||||||
| Line |  Green Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | January 11, 2017 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| May 2025 | 307 (avg. weekday)[1] | ||||||||||
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MSG Joe E. Ramirez is a METRORail light rail station in the East End district of Houston, Texas. The station is served by the Green Line and is located in the median of Harrisburg Boulevard at South MSG Joe E. Ramirez Boulevard (formerly 67th Street).
As of May 2025[update], MSG Joe E. Ramirez has the lowest weekend ridership of all Green Line stations, with an average of 248 riders on Saturdays and 236 riders on Sundays.[1]
MSG Joe E. Ramirez station opened as Cesar Chavez/67th Street on January 11, 2017 as part of the Green Line's second phase, which extended the line from Altic/Howard Hughes station to Magnolia Park Transit Center.[2]
On June 26, 2026, METRO officially renamed Cesar Chavez/67th Street station to MSG Joe E. Ramirez station after the Houston City Council officially renamed Cesar Chavez Boulevard to MSG Joe E. Ramirez Boulevard after sexual abuse allegations were made against Cesar Chavez.[3][4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "May 2025 (Fiscal Year 2025) Ridership Summary". METRO. Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County.
- ↑ Begley, Dug (January 9, 2017). "Long awaited, and long delayed, Metro's Green Line set to open". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ↑ Walsh, Dominic (May 27, 2026). "César Chávez Boulevard in Houston renamed as Joe E. Ramirez Boulevard". Houston Public Media. Retrieved July 28, 2026.
- ↑ "METRO to Rename Rail Station to Joe E. Ramirez Station Following City Street Name Change" (Press release). Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County. June 26, 2026. Retrieved July 28, 2026.
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