Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza (Metrorail station)

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza

Station statistics

Address

6205 Northwest Twenty-seventh Avenue, Miami

Lines

Green Line

Orange Line

Parking

Garage

Other information

Opened

May 19, 1985

Accessible

Code

MLK

Owned by

Miami-Dade County

Services

Preceding station	Metrorail	Following station

Northside toward Palmetto	Green Line	Brownsville toward Dadeland South
82nd Street toward Calder Race Course	Orange Line	Brownsville toward FIU

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza Station is a Metrorail station in Miami, Florida, USA.

This station is located at the intersection of Unity Boulevard (State Road 9/Northwest 27th Avenue) and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard (62nd Street). It was opened to service May 19, 1985. The North Corridor segment of The Orange Line, the 24.4-mile extension of Metrorail, will begin construction from this station northward in late 2009 pending approval from the CITT (Citizens Independent Transportation Trust) and matching funds from the Federal Transit Administration. The construction plans in place to extend the Metrorail north from this station to the Miami-Dade/Broward county line, with intermediate stops at Miami Dade College, Dolphin Stadium, Calder Race Course, and the Florida Turnpike.

[edit] Places of interest

Edison Center Business District
Liberty City

[edit] Connecting Metrobus Routes

Route #	Route Name	Route Map	Note
27	Coconut Grove Station ↔ Calder Race Course or NW 211 Street and Douglas Road (27A) via Unity Boulevard (27 Ave)	Map
62	Hialeah via Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd ↔ Omni Metromover Station via Biscayne Boulevard	Map
27 Ave MAX (97)	Calder Race Course via Unity Boulevard (27 Ave)	Map	Weekdays only