Metrorail (Miami)

Metrorail

A northbound Green Line train arriving at Government Center with Downtown Miami skyscrapers in the background
Overview
Locale	Miami-Dade County
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	Green Line   Orange Line
Number of stations	23
Daily ridership	78,100 (Feb 2014)
Annual ridership	21.275 million (2013)
Website	Metrorail
Operation
Began operation	May 20, 1984; 32 years ago (1984-05-20)
Operator(s)	Miami-Dade Transit (MDT)
Train length	4 or 6 car trainsets
Headway	5* – 10 minutes (rush hour); 7½* – 15 (off peak); 15* – 30 (late nights)
Technical
System length	24.4 mi (39.3 km)
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Third rail (700 V DC)
Average speed	27–31 mph (43–50 km/h)
Top speed	58 mph (93 km/h)
System map

Metrorail, colloquially called the Metro, is the heavy rail rapid transit system of Miami and Miami-Dade County, Florida. Metrorail is operated by Miami-Dade Transit (MDT), a departmental agency of Miami-Dade County. Opened in 1984, it is Florida's only rapid transit metro system, and is currently composed of two lines of 23 stations on 24.4 miles (39.3 km) of standard gauge track.

Metrorail serves the urban core of Miami, connecting the urban centers of Miami International Airport, the Civic Center, Downtown Miami, and Brickell with the northern developed neighborhoods of Hialeah and Medley to the northwest, and to suburban The Roads, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, and South Miami, ending at urban Dadeland in Kendall. Metrorail connects to the Metromover in Downtown, which provides metro service to the entirety of Downtown and Brickell. Additionally, it connects to South Florida's commuter rail system at Tri-Rail Station, as well as Metrobus routes at all stations. Together with Metromover, the system has seen steady ridership growth per annum, with an average of 105,500 daily passengers in 2013.