Tri-Rail and Metrorail Transfer Station

Tri-Rail & Metrorail Transfer
Metrorail metro station
Tri-Rail commuter rail station

Tri-Rail and Metrorail Transfer Station, with the Tri-Rail station in the foreground and the Metrorail line elevated.
Station statistics
Address Metrorail:
1125 East 25th Street,
Hialeah, Florida
Tri-Rail:
2567 East 11th Avenue,
Hialeah, Florida
Lines
  Green Line upper level
  Tri-Rail lower level
Connections Metrobus
Levels 2
Platforms 4 side platforms (2 on each level)
Tracks 4 (2 on each level)
Parking Park and ride
Other information
Opened March 6, 1989
Accessible
Code TRI (Metrorail)
Fare zone Miami Airport to Golden Glades (Tri-Rail)
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 451,000  29% (Metrorail)
Services
Preceding station   Metrorail   Following station
toward Palmetto
Green Line
Preceding station   SFRTA   Following station
Tri-Rail

Tri-Rail and Metrorail Transfer Station is a Metrorail and Tri-Rail interchange station in Hialeah, Florida, in metropolitan Miami.

This station is located near the intersection of East 25th Street and 11th Avenue, officially opening to service March 6, 1989. The station was built as a connection for the Tri-Rail and Metrorail rail systems. The Amtrak station, which is served by the Silver Meteor and Silver Star, is located several blocks away and is scheduled to be moved to the new Miami Central Station in 2013.

Contents

Levels

Lower level

The lower level of the transfer station serves northbound and southbound Tri-Rail trains. The station consists of two side platforms connected by an elevated overpass; an information kiosk, which sells Easy Cards for Metrorail, and easy access to the upper level, which serves Metrorail. The station is highly conjested during rush hour. Most of the conjestion will be relieved with the opening of the Miami Central Station in 2013.

Upper level

The upper level of the transfer station serves Metrorail trains heading towards Downtown and Kendall, along with Hialeah and Palmetto. The station has two side patforms, one for southbound trains (eastbound), and one for northbound trains (westbound). Fare control has a security kiosk and Easy Card vending machines, along with the route map. Congestion at the station is expected to be relieved upon the opening of the Miami Central Station in 2013, which will facilitate a closer rapid transit point to the central business district.

Places of interest

Transit connections

Metrobus

Route # Route Name Route Map Note
42 Opa-lockaDouglas Road Metrorail station via LeJeune Road Map
L (112) Hialeah Metrorail station ↔ Miami Beach at Lincoln Road via 79 St & Collins Avenue (SR A1A) Map

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