Miami-Dade Metrorail
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Miami-Dade Metrorail
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Route network of the Miami-Dade Metrorail
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Route length: | 39.3 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power system : | 750 V = | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opening: | May 20, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stations: | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Miami-Dade Metrorail is a standard-gauge, electrically operated elevated railway in Miami-Dade County in the US state of Florida . It connects the city of Miami with some of its suburbs and is operated by the local Miami-Dade Transit transit authority . The network consists essentially of a single route running from Medley in the northwest via Hialeah and downtown via Coral Gables and South Miami to Pinecrest in the southwest. This is 22.4 miles (36.04 km) long and has 22 stations. The first section was opened on May 20, 1984.
In June 2012, Miami International Airport was also connected to the network. For this purpose, starting from the northern section of the route, a four-kilometer branch line was built without intermediate stops in a westerly direction. Since then, trains have been marked with line colors to differentiate between travel destinations.
The connection to Florida International University in the west of the city and other suburbs in the north is planned. An extension is also planned at the south-western end of the route; to this end, a rapid bus service was set up as a forerunner operation along US Route 1 in 1997 .
The Metrorail is almost completely elevated, with the exception of three places where elevated highways are also crossed at ground level. The structure, stations and route are made of reinforced concrete; the rails lie on the slab track . The vehicles come from the former US rail vehicle manufacturer Budd and are identical to those of the Baltimore Metro Subway , which began operations around the same time.
Web links
- Miami-Dade County - Transit (official site, English)
- Miami, Florida on nycsubway.org (private site, English)