Miami-Dade Metromover

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Miami Metromover
Info
Type	People mover
Status	Operational
Locale	Miami, Florida
Terminals	School Board (north) Brickell Financial District (south)
No. of stations	22
Service routes	3
Daily ridership	30,250 [1] 92,550 (including Metrorail)
Operation
Opened	April 17, 1986
Operator(s)	Miami-Dade Transit
Character	Elevated
Technical
Line length	4.4 mi (7.1 km)

Metromover is a free people mover train system operated by Miami-Dade Transit. Metromover serves Downtown Miami from Omni to Brickell and connects with Metrorail at Government Center and Brickell stations. It originally began service to the Downtown Loop on April 17, 1986. The Omni and Brickell extensions (see below) opened May 26, 1994.

Contents 1 Operations 2 Metromover stations 2.1      Downtown Loop (Inner Loop) 2.2      Omni Loop 2.3      Brickell Loop 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Operations

There are 21 conveniently located accessible Metromover stations located throughout Downtown Miami. Metromover links all of Downtown Miami's major office buildings, residential buildings, hotels, and retail centers, the Stephen P. Clark Government Center, American Airlines Arena, Arsht Performing Arts Center, the Cultural Plaza (Miami Art Museum, Historical Museum, Main Library), and the Brickell Financial District.

Running clockwise, the Downtown (Inner) Loop serves all downtown stations except Third Street station. The Outer Loop (Brickell and Omni Loops) runs counterclockwise around the downtown area servicing all stations except for Miami Avenue Station. The Brickell loop runs a line into the Brickell area to the south of downtown, while the Omni Loop contains a line with stations in the Midtown Miami area to the north of downtown.

The loops run from 5 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week. The Outer Loop operates on a continuous loop from 7 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week. This schedule is adjusted during events. Trains arrive every 90 seconds during rush hours and every three minutes otherwise.

[edit] Metromover stations

[edit]      Downtown Loop (Inner Loop)

• Government Center
• Miami Avenue*
• Knight Center**
• Bayfront Park
• First Street
• College/Bayside
• College North
• Arena/State Plaza

[edit]      Omni Loop

• School Board
• Omni/Metromover Bus Terminal
• Bicentennial Park***
• Eleventh Street
• Park West
• Freedom Tower
• Third Street****

[edit]      Brickell Loop

• Third Street****
• Riverwalk
• Fifth Street
• Eighth Street
• Tenth Street/Promenade
• Brickell
• Financial District

• • (* - Miami Avenue station serves the Downtown Loop only. All other Inner Loop stations serve all three Metromover loops.)
  • (** - originally World Trade Center station)
  • (*** - Bicentennial Park station closed October 28, 1996.)
  • (**** - originally Fort Dallas Park station, Third Street station serves both Omni and Brickell Loops)

v • d • e Currently operating people mover and monorail systems in the United States Detroit People Mover • Disneyland Monorail • JTA Skyway • Miami Metromover • Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit • Las Colinas APT System • Las Vegas Monorail • Seattle Center Monorail • Walt Disney World Monorail

[edit] References

1. ^ [1] Metromover Ridership

[edit] External links

• http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/home.asp Miami-Dade Transit
• http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/metromover.asp Metromover Homepage