Government Center (MDT station)

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Government Center

Northbound Metrorail train at Government Center
Station statistics
Address	101 Northwest First Street, Miami (Metrorail) 138 Northwest Third Street, Miami (Metromover)
Lines	Metrorail Green Line Metromover Downtown Loop Metromover Omni Loop Metromover Brickell Loop
Platforms	Island (Metrorail) Two side (Metromover)
Parking	privately-owned spaces available to the public
Other information
Opened	May 20, 1984 (Metrorail) April 17, 1986 (Metromover)
Accessible

Government Center Station is a Metrorail and Metromover changeover station in downtown Miami, Florida, USA.

The station is located near the intersection of Northwest First Street and First Avenue, at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center Building. It opened to service May 20, 1984. It is the hub of most travel via Miami-Dade Transit, servicing not only Metrorail and Metromover, but ten Metrobus routes and Paratransit.

Downtown Loop train departing from Government Center station.

An unused, partially-completed ghost platform for a future East-West Metrorail line is adjacent to the west side of the Mezzanine level below the current Metrorail station and is easily visible to passengers transferring from Metromover to Metrorail.

[edit] Places of interest

Miami Art Museum
Historical Museum of Southern Florida
Miami-Dade County Main Library (Central Branch)
Miami-Dade County Courthouse
Downtown Bus Terminal
State of Florida Appeals Court
Stephen P. Clark Government Center
Miami-Dade County Bar Association
Courthouse Center Building
Concorde Building
Museum Tower
Claude C. Pepper Federal Building
Court House Center
U.S. Courthouse
Kaori Japanese Restaurant
Miami Art Museum
Miami Plaza
Western Flagler Street Shopping District
Miami-Dade School Board Building (Exit Metrorail at Government Center Station; take Metromover to School Board Station via the Omni leg on the outer loop, School Board Building in also served by routes 9 & 10)

[edit] Connecting Metrobus Routes

Notice: Routes listed below do serve the downtown area; † serves the Government Center station directly. See individual route maps/schedule for more information on routes serving the Government Center (Downtown Miami) station

2 - Downtown Miami/163 St Mall via NW 2 Ave, NW 79 St, N. Miami Ave (weekdays only)
2 - Downtown Miami/To NE 84 St via NW 2 Ave (weekday short-turn/weekends Only)
3 - Downtown Miami/Hallandale Beach-Aventura Mall via Biscayne Blvd (US 1)
6 - NW 29 St-17 Ave/Coconut Grove via Downtown Miami
7 - Downtown Miami/Miami Springs-Airport via NW 7 St & LeJeune Rd (State Road 953)
7A - Downtown Miami/Dolphin Mall via NW 7 St
8 - Downtown Miami/Westchester via SW 8 St (US 41), SW 82 Ave & Coral Way
8 - Downtown Miami/FIU-South via SW 8 St, SW 82 Ave & Coral Way (weekdays only)
8A - Downtown Miami/FIU-South via SW 8 St (weekdays only)
9 - Downtown Miami/Aventura Mall via NE 2/6 Ave
10 - Downtown Miami/163 St Mall via NE 2/12 Ave
†11 - Downtown Miami/Florida International University-South Campus via Flagler St & SW 107 Ave (SR 968 and SR 985)
16 - Downtown Miami/The Mall at 163rd Street via 6th Ave (SR 915) & 16th Ave
21 - Downtown Miami/Bunche Park-Health Center via NW 12/27 Ave (weekdays only)
21 - Downtown Miami/Northside Station via NW 12 Ave (SR 933)
24 - Downtown Miami/To SW 137 Ave via Coral Way
48 - Downtown Miami/South Miami Station
†51 Flagler MAX - Miami Beach/West Miami-To SW 137 Ave via Flagler St (weekdays only)
†77 - Downtown Miami/Norwood via NW 7 Ave (US-441), Ramp to US-441, & NW 2 Ave (US-441)
93 Biscayne MAX - Downtown Miami/Avetura Mall via Biscayne Blvd (weekdays only)
95X - Alternates: Aventura Mall, Carol City, Golden Glades or Norwood via (I-95 (Weekdays Only)
†207 Little Havana Circulator - Downtown Miami/Little Havana via SW 7 & 1 St
†208 Little Havana Circulator - Downtown Miami/Little Havana via Flagler & SW 8 St
†236 Airport Owl - Miami International Airport via Flagler Street (overnight service only)
†243 Seaport Connection - Downtown Miami/Port of Miami via Port Blvd
†246 Night Owl - Golden Glades via Civic Center (overnight Service Only)
†277 7th Ave MAX - Downtown Miami/Golden Glades via NW 7 Ave (weekday peak hours only)
†500 Midnight OWL - Palmetto Station/Dadeland South Station via Metrorail (overnight service only)
B - Downtown Miami/Harbor Dr via Rickenbacker Causeway (Key Biscayne)
B - Downtown Miami/Crandon Blvd via Rickenbacker Causeway (Key Biscayne)
C - Downtown Miami/Beach-41 St via Miami Beach
K - Downtown Miami/Hallandle Beach-Broward County via Miami Beach
K - Downtown Miami/Haulover Park-Beach via Miami Beach
S - Downtown Miami/Aventura Mall via Collins Ave
T Limited - Downtown Miami/Haulover Park-Beach via Julia Tuttle Cswy (Weekdays Only)
T Limited - Downtown Miami/Beach-72 St via Julia Tuttle Cswy (Weekends Only)

Next station north: Overtown/Arena	Metrorail Government Center	Next station south: Brickell
Next station north: Arena/State Plaza	Metromover Downtown Loop	Next station south: Miami Avenue
Next station north: Arena/State Plaza	Metromover Outer Loops	Next station south: Third Street