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Coffee Plant/Second Ward
Light rail station
Coffee Plant Second Ward Rail station from the west part of the platform.
General information
Location	Harrisburg Blvd and York Street Houston, Texas
Coordinates	29°44′51.2″N 95°20′24.5″W / 29.747556°N 95.340139°W / 29.747556; -95.340139
Owned by	METRO
Line(s)	Green Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	May 23, 2015 (2015-05-23)
Services
Preceding station METRORail Following station EaDo/Stadiumtoward Theater District Green Line Lockwood/​Eastwoodtoward Magnolia Park Transit Center
Location

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, which operated the plant under the Atlantic Coffee Solutions brand until 2018.

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

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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