FIU (Metrorail station)

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FIU Station or Florida International University Station, will be a Miami-Dade Transit Metrorail station located at the University Park campus of Florida International University (FIU) west of Miami, Florida, in University Park. It will serve as a link to Florida International University and to the surrounding areas in western Miami-Dade County. It will be located near Southwest 8th Street (US 41) and 117th Avenue North of the National Hurricane Center.

The station will be a part of Miami-Dade Transit's East-West Metrorail Expansion. It will be the western terminus of the main East-West line. It is scheduled to open in 2016.[1]

[edit] Places of Interest

• Florida International University - University Park Campus
• Tamiami Park
• Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition[2]

[edit] Metrobus routes serving the site

• 8 - Westchester/Downtown Miami via SW 8th Street
• 11 - FIU-University Park Campus/Downtown Miami via Flagler Street
• 24 - Downtown Miami/SW 137 Court @ Coral Way via Coral Way
• 71 - Dolphin Mall/Miami-Dade College-Kendall Campus

[edit] See also

• East-West Corridor expansion

Preceding station		Metrorail		Following station
107th Avenue toward Calder Race Course		Orange Line		FIU Terminus