 Metromover |
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| Type | People mover |
| Status | Operational |
| Locale | Miami, Florida, United States |
| Termini | School Board (north) Brickell Financial District (south) |
| Stations | 22 |
| Services | 3 |
| Daily ridership | 30,250 [1] 97,250 (including Metrorail) |
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| Opened | April 17, 1986 |
| Operator(s) | Miami-Dade Transit |
| Character | Elevated |
| Rolling stock | 29 Adtranz C-100 vehicles |
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| Line length | 4.4 mi (7.1 km) |
Metromover is a free people mover train system operated by Miami-Dade Transit in Miami, Florida, United States. Metromover serves Downtown Miami and Brickell 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.
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Operations
There are 21 conveniently located accessible Metromover stations located throughout Downtown Miami and Brickell at roughly every two blocks. The Metromover links all of Downtown and Brickell's major office buildings, residential buildings, hotels, and retail centers. Major attractions such as the Stephen P. Clark Government Center, American Airlines Arena, Arsht Performing Arts Center, the Cultural Plaza (Miami Art Museum, Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Miami Main Library), Bayside Marketplace, Mary Brickell Village, Miami-Dade College and the Brickell Financial District can all be reached by the Metromover.
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.
All loops run from 5 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.
Fleet
Metromover currently uses a fleet of 29 Adtranz C-100 vehicles. In the summer of 2008, 12 of the system's vehicles began to be replaced with all new Bombardier CX-100 vehicles, which is a newer model of the C-100. These new vehicles include a more aerodynamic design, as well as an onboard CCTV system.[2]
Stations
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Downtown Loop (Inner Loop)
- Government Center
- Arena/State Plaza
- College North
- College/Bayside
- First Street
- Bayfront Park
- Knight Center**
- Miami Avenue*
Omni Loop
- School Board
- Adrienne Arsht Center*****
- Bicentennial Park***
- Eleventh Street
- Park West
- Freedom Tower
- College North
- Arena/State Plaza
- Government Center
- Third Street****
- Knight Center**
- Bayfront Park
- First Street
- College/Bayside
Brickell Loop
- Knight Center**
- Bayfront Park
- First Street
- College/Bayside
- College North
- Arena/State Plaza
- Government Center
- Third Street****
- Riverwalk
- Fifth Street
- Eighth Street
- Tenth Street/Promenade
- Brickell
- Financial District
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- (* - 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)
- (***** - originally Omni Station)
Gallery
 A Metromover in the Downtown Loop waiting for passengers in the Arena/State Plaza station |
 A Metromover in the old livery on the Downtown Loop departing from Government Center station |
 A metromover train at Government Center Station |
 On of the newest metromover cars leaving from First Street Station |
 A train coming to First Street Station |
 A train entering Knight Center Station Tunnel |
 An external view of Riverwalk Station |
References
- ^ [1] Metromover Ridership
- ^ Miami Metromover (Bombardier Transportation)
External links
- http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/home.asp Miami-Dade Transit
- http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/metromover.asp Metromover Homepage
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