Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre station

Historic Overtown Lyric Theatre
Metrorail metro station
The headquarters of Miami-Dade Transit adjacent to the station
Location	100 NW Sixth Street, Miami, Florida 33136
Coordinates	25°46′51″N 80°11′46″W / 25.78083°N 80.19611°W / 25.78083; -80.19611Coordinates: 25°46′51″N 80°11′46″W / 25.78083°N 80.19611°W / 25.78083; -80.19611
Owned by	Miami-Dade County
Line(s)	Green Line   Orange Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus: 2, 7, 95X, 95 Dade Broward Express
Construction
Parking	No
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	OVT
History
Opened	May 20, 1984
Previous names	Overtown (1984–1988) Overtown/Arena (1988–2007)
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	417,000[1]  12%
Services
Preceding station   Metrorail   Following station Culmer toward Palmetto Green Line Government Center toward Dadeland South Culmer toward Miami Int'l Airport Orange Line

Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre station is a station on the Metrorail rapid transit system in northwest Downtown, Miami, Florida. The station is located at the intersection of Northwest Sixth Street and First Avenue, just south of the neighborhood of Overtown and east of the historic Lyric Theatre. It opened on May 20, 1984. Originally called Overtown, the Arena was added to the name in 1988 when the Miami Arena opened. It took on its current name in 2007, one year before the Miami Arena was demolished.

Places of interest

• AmericanAirlines Arena
• Lyric Theatre
• Ninth Street Pedestrian Mall
• Park West District
• Northern Downtown Miami

Transit connections

Metrobus

References

External links

• Media related to Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre (Metrorail station) at Wikimedia Commons
• MDT – Metrorail Stations
• 1st Court entrance from Google Maps Street View