page_title: Third Ward, Houston
section_title: Transportation
hierarchical_section_title: Third Ward, Houston / Transportation
caption_attribution_description: English: Elgin/Third Ward METRORail station Español: Estación de METRORail Elgin/Third Ward
context_page_description: Third Ward is an area of Houston, Texas, United States that evolved from one of the six historic wards of the same name. It is located in the southeast Houston management district.
  Third Ward, located inside the 610 Loop is immediately southeast of Downtown Houston and to the east of the Texas Medical Center. The ward became the center of Houston's African American community. Third Ward is nicknamed "The Tre”.
  Robert D. Bullard, a sociologist teaching at Texas Southern University, stated that Third Ward is "the city's most diverse black neighborhood and a microcosm of the larger black Houston community."
context_section_description: Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) operates public transportation services, including buses and the METRORail tram service. METRORail Purple Line stations serving Third Ward include:
  Leeland/Third Ward (in the East Downtown)
  Elgin/Third Ward
  Robertson Stadium/UH/TSU
  UH South/University Oaks
caption: Elgin/Third Ward station
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