Metrorail (Miami-Dade County)
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Owner | Miami-Dade Transit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locale | Miami-Dade County, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transit type | Rapid transit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of lines | 2 (Green/Orange Line) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of stations | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daily ridership | 48,300 (weekdays, Q4 2023)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Annual ridership | 13,439,300 (2023)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chief executive | Eulois Cléckley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Began operation | May 20, 1984 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operator(s) | Miami-Dade Transit (MDT) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Train length | 4 or 6 car trainsets | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Headway |
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Electrification | Third rail, 750 V DC[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Average speed | 27–31 mph (43–50 km/h)[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top speed | 58 mph (93 km/h)[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Metrorail is a
In 2012, Metrorail opened its 23rd station,
History
Construction
In 1964 the Miami Urban Area Transportation Study was initiated by the Dade County metropolitan planning organization. It was completed in 1971 and recommended the construction for a rapid transit system for Greater Miami.[6] Having experienced a prolonged post-World War II population boom, metropolitan Dade County's permanent population rose by 35% to nearly 1.3 million residents within a decade, among the fastest population growth rates in the United States.[7] Within a year of the study, county residents approved a $132.5 million ($965.1 million, adjusted for current inflation) bond dedicated to transit, with additional funding approved by the Florida Legislature for transit which, up until that time, operated solely on fare revenue. In 1976, with preliminary engineering completed for the system, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA, then, the Urban Mass Transit Administration) committed 80% of the costs for the first stage of rapid transit system, with the county and state incurring the remaining cost. In the end the system cost over a billion dollars.[8]
In April 1979, the
In 1984 Rockne Krebs created an urban-scale neon sculpture multicolored light installation called The Miami Line that stretches 1,540 feet (470 m) across the Metrorail bridge over the Miami River. Additional segments between Earlington Heights and Okeechobee opened between December 1984 and May 1985. In March 1989, a temporary station was opened to provide a connection to the newly opened Tri-Rail commuter rail line, with the now permanent station officially opening in June. Preliminary engineering for a rapid transit extension to the Palmetto Expressway began in 1996 with Palmetto station opening in May 2003. As far as operational costs, revenues expected for 2006 were $17.15 million, while expenses budgeted for 2006 were $41.29 million. These historic figures became the last the Miami Dade Transit Authority ever disclosed, and are the figures still displayed on today's Miami-Dade Transit webpage as of January 2012.[8]
With the area having a generally low
Ridership growth and transit tax
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Summer of '84: Tracking Metrorail's First Day |
After the initial segment of the single Green Line opened, Metrorail saw less than 10,000 riders per day. This increased to 15,000 after the rest of the line and stations opened in late 1984 and 1985.
Although the original referendum for a one-cent transit sales tax increase had failed in 1999,
Orange Line and Airport extension
The original Metrorail line was initially planned to be built to the airport, but due to political pressure and lobbying was instead directed to its current alignment around the airport and to
Transit-oriented development
In addition to private development, several
Trackage
Metrorail runs from the northwest in
Since completion of the Airport Link in 2012, Metrorail increased its service frequency to peak headways of three and a half[36] to five[37] minutes on the shared portion of the line from Dadeland South to Earlington Heights.[36][37]
Along with the Metrorail system, the tracks are mostly elevated. The three sections that are not are under I-95 between Vizcaya and Brickell stations, under I-95 just east of Culmer station, and the northern end of the line from just east of the
Rolling stock
Current fleet
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New Metrorail Hitachi Train Rollout |
Metrorail currently uses 136 heavy-rail cars built by the
Former fleet
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Metrorail Cars - So Shiny and New Budd Cars delivered 1983 |
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Riding Metrorail - Sights and sounds of a routine trip on Budd Cars |
Metrorail formerly used 136 heavy-rail cars (known as the Universal Transit Vehicle) built by the Budd Company under the name "Transit America";[40] they are identical to those used on the Baltimore Metro SubwayLink (save for the modifications made to Baltimore's cars during their refurbishment between 2002 and 2005), as the two systems were built at the same time, and the two agencies were able to save money by sharing a single order. The Baltimore-Miami order was among the last orders Budd filled before shuttering its railcar manufacturing business; a fleet of similar vehicles was manufactured by Società Italiana Ernesto Breda for the Red and Purple lines of the Los Angeles Metro Rail between 1988 and 2000.
These cars were manufactured in Budd's Red Lion plant in Northeast Philadelphia in 1983. The cars are 75 feet (23 m) long, 10 feet (3.0 m) wide and have a top design speed of over 70 mph (110 km/h). Each car can hold up to 166 passengers (76 seated, 90 standing),[41] and draw power from an electric 750 V DC third rail.
Replacement
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New Era - Metrorail Fleet Replacement |
The Miami-Dade County Government was working with the Citizens Independent Transportation Trust (CITT) to receive money from the half-penny sur-tax approved by voters in 2002 in order to purchase new Metrorail cars. MDT later planned to refurbish the existing Metrorail cars with the money instead of replacing them as promised.
The following year, Miami-Dade issued an
After reevaluating the bids from the builders, without taking local geographic preference into account, Miami-Dade reaffirmed its selection of AnsaldoBreda,[45] and in November 2012, approved a $313 million purchase of 136 new Metrorail cars from the company.[46] Miami-Dade issued the notice to proceed the following month, with the cars expected to be delivered over the course of several years until 2017.[47] By the time the custom rail-car building facility in Medley was completed in early 2016, AnsaldoBreda had been purchased by Hitachi Rail and the full rollout was pushed back to 2019, beginning gradually from 2017.[48] The first trainset entered service in early December 2017.[49] The delivery of the cars fell behind schedule once again due to flooding at the Hitachi Rail factory in West Plains, Missouri, and in February 2018 it was announced that the final replacement cars would not arrive before 2020. The shortage of replacement cars resulted in some Metrorail runs being operated as two-car trains.[50]
Fares and services
As of October 1, 2013, the current standard fare on Metrorail is $2.25 and reduced fare is $1.10. A standard monthly pass costs $112.50 and $56.25 for reduced fare. The monthly Easy Cards are sold at over 50 sales outlets. Reduced fares are available only to Medicare recipients, people with disabilities, and Miami-Dade students in grades 1 through 12. Children below 42 inches (110 cm) tall ride free when accompanied by a fare-paying rider, with a limit of 3. Ticket vending machines (TVMs) that sell Easy Cards and Easy Tickets are found in all rail stations. All Miami-Dade senior citizens aged 65 years and older and with Social Security benefits, and veterans residing in Miami-Dade and earning less than $22,000 annually ride free with the reduced fare monthly Easy Card.[52] All of the stations except the five in the downtown area and Tri-Rail station have dedicated parking available. Parking costs $4.50 per day or $11.50 for a monthly pass.[53]
On July 16, 2008, Miami-Dade Transit announced that it would be replacing all fare collection methods with the
From 2009 to 2011, free Wi-Fi was added to Metrorail and Metromover cars and stations, as well as certain Metrobus routes.[59]
Starting July 28, 2012, Metrorail increased service along shared Green and Orange Line stations from Dadeland South to Earlington Heights. Along this stretch of shared track, trains arrive every 5 minutes during peak hours, every 7 minutes during mid-day hours, and every 15 minutes late nights and on weekends. At stations with only one service, trains arrive every 10 minutes during weekday rush hours, every 15 minutes at midday, and every 15–30 minutes after 6 p.m. until midnight with weekend service running every 30 minutes. On weekends, the Orange Line only runs between Earlington Heights and Miami International Airport, running every 15 minutes. Metrorail runs from 5 a.m. until midnight seven days a week.[60] For a brief period from 2003 to April 2004 there was 24-hour service supported by the transit tax; between midnight and 5 a.m. trains arrived every 60 minutes.[61]
A limited-stop bus route, Route 500 Midnight Owl, operates hourly between 12:30 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. trip between Dadeland South and Government Center Metrorail stations. This bus service replaces the 24-hour Metrorail service cancelled due to a lack of ridership.
Construction on the first segment of the Orange Line, Metrorail's AirportLink[62] began in May 2009; service to Miami International Airport began in the summer of 2012.
In August 21st, 2019, Miami-Dade Transit launched contactless payments acceptance on the Metrorail which enabled transit riders to use their smartphone devices (Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay), as well as smart watches (Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, Fitbit Pay) to tap and go at all stations. Fare gates were updated instead of replaced to save money. Currently Miami-Dade Transit doesn't allow Express Transit Mode on iOS. The company behind the fare systems is Cubic Transportation Systems, a partner with MDT since the beginning of the Easy Card/Ticket implementation.
MetroPath / The Underline
Beneath the Metrorail guideway from Brickell to Dadeland South, along the former Florida East Coast Railway right-of-way, there is a nearly contiguous 10.5 mi (17 km) bicycle and pedestrian trail known as the MetroPath (M-Path) which was built in 1984 along with the metro system. It is popular among cyclists, some of whom use it to commute to and from downtown, as well as runners.[63]
In 2014, plans were made to revamp the MetroPath as a linear park, taking after the popular High Line in New York City, by a group known as "Friends of the GreenLink.[64] The University of Miami assisted in the procurement of the idea.[65] Into 2015, the proposal gained momentum and rebranded itself as [Friends of] "The Underline". The full park will be completed in phases and will be fully complete in 2025.[66]
Stations
Metrorail currently operates 23 stations, and combined with the Metromover in Downtown Miami and Brickell, the entire Metro system operates 43 stations. Metrorail stations are located at about a mile (one and a half kilometer) apart along the line, and Metromover stations are located at approximately every two blocks in the greater Downtown area.
Current stations
Travel times provided are approximate for travel to and from
Station | Lines | Time to Downtown
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Connections | Opened | Average weekday passengers (03/2018)[69] |
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Palmetto | 31 min | Metrobus: 87 | May 30, 2003 | 1,500 | |
Okeechobee | 26 min | Metrobus: 73, 267 | May 19, 1985 | 1,156 | |
Hialeah | 23 min | Metrobus: 29, 37, 54, 112, 135 | 1,408 | ||
Tri-Rail | 21 min | Tri-Rail Metrobus: 42, 112 |
June 5, 1989 | 1,284 | |
Northside | 19 min | Metrobus: 12, 21, 32, 79, 112 | May 19, 1985 | 1,496 | |
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza | 16 min | Metrobus: 27, 62, 297 | 1,216 | ||
Brownsville | 14 min | Metrobus: 27, 46, 54, 254 | 899 | ||
Miami International Airport | 16 min | Tri-Rail MIA Mover Metrobus: 7, 37, 42, 57, 110, 150, 238, 297, 338 |
July 28, 2012 | 1,776 | |
Earlington Heights | 11 min | Metrobus: 17, 22, 95 | December 17, 1984 | 1,686 | |
Allapattah | 9 min | Metrobus: 12, 21, 36, 110, 246 | 1,930 | ||
Santa Clara | 7 min | Metrobus: 12, 21, 32, 113, 246 | 908 | ||
Civic Center | 6 min | Metrobus: 12, 21, 32, 95, 113, 246 | 5,679 | ||
Culmer | 4 min | Metrobus: 77, 211, 277 | 1,305 | ||
Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre | 2 min | Metrobus: 2, 7, 95, 211, 246, 836 Express | May 20, 1984 | 2,004 | |
Government Center | – | Metromover: Downtown, Omni, Brickell, Loops Metrobus: 2, 3, 7, 9, 11, 21, 51, 77, 93, 95, 119, 120, 207, 208, 246, 277, 500, 836 Express Broward County Transit: 95X Brightline (at MiamiCentral) |
10,818 | ||
Brickell | 2 min | Metromover: Brickell Loop Metrobus: 8, 24, 102, 207, 208, 500 Broward County Transit: 595X |
6,319 | ||
Vizcaya | 5 min | Metrobus: 12, 17, 24, 500 | 1,265 | ||
Coconut Grove | 7 min | Metrobus: 22, 27, 500 | 1,748 | ||
Douglas Road | 9 min | Miami Trolley : Coral Gables
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3,623 | ||
University | 12 min | Metrobus: 56, 500 | 2,041 | ||
South Miami | 14 min | Metrobus: 37, 57, 72, 500 | 3,007 | ||
Dadeland North | 16 min | Metrobus: 87, 88, 104, 204, 272, 288, 500 | 6,029 | ||
Dadeland South | 18 min | Metrobus: 31, 34, 38, 39, 52, 73, 252, 287, 500 South Miami-Dade Busway |
7,289 |
Proposed expansions
From the beginning, the Metrorail was designed and envisioned to have more lines than the current two line system; however, the federally subsidized cost of the original line ended up over budget at $1.02 billion,[8] after which ridership was much lower than expected. The proposed lines included:[17]
- The 13.6 mi (21.9 km) Biscayne/Northeast Corridor following .
- The 9.5 mi (15.3 km) North Corridor up NW 27 Avenue to the county line.
- The 17.2 mi (27.7 km) East–West Corridor from Government Center west to the Port of Miami.
- The 5.1 mi (8.2 km) BayLink from Historic Overtown/Lyric Theater station to Miami Beach.
- The South Link, a 21 mi (34 km) extension of the Green Line from Dadeland South to Florida City.
- The 4.5 mi (7.2 km) Douglas Road extension from Douglas Road station to the Miami Intermodal Center.
- The 15 mi (24 km) (West) Kendall Corridor down Kendall Drive from Dadeland North station west to West Kendalland north to the FIU main campus.
It was not until the half-penny transit tax was passed in 2002 that any serious expansion plans were again considered, with the North Corridor and East–West lines, both dubbed the "Orange Line," assuming the highest priority, while the possibility of 88.9 miles (143.1 km) of additional rail if all the extensions were built by 2030, was touted. However, after budget deficits, other uses of the tax revenue, and a downgrade of the North Corridor's funding priority to medium-low by the federal government, after 10 years only the 2.4 mile AirportLink and Orange Line remained promised and realized.
The credibility of Miami-Dade Transit and the County as a whole, including the validity of their ridership estimates and revenue forecasts, has been a significant impediment to their qualifications for funding under the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) approval.[20] In 2011, Miami-Dade Transit underwent a serious federal investigation and takeover by the FTA in which it was forced to open its books over suspicions of money mismanagement.[70] The Agency threatened to cease its funding used to cover operational costs, which would have meant significant cuts in service; however, they took the funding under their strict control to prevent this from happening.[71]
The South Link expansion, which was intended to replace the South Miami-Dade Busway, a bus rapid transit that opened in segments on February 3, 1997 and in April 2005,[72] had plans for a widened right of way, elevated crossings at major intersections, as well as the possibility of building one additional Metrorail station at SW 104 Street to alleviate traffic and parking in Dadeland.[17] In 2009, the Metropolitan Planning Organization proposed that the busway be opened to regular vehicle traffic by adding a SunPass toll system with the profits going towards busway improvements.[73] The proposal did not pass. The South Link, now known as the South-Dade Transitway Corridor, is currently an under construction[74] gold standard bus rapid transit line with an expected start of revenue service in the fall of 2024.[75][76]
On November 16, 2022, Miami-Dade County announced that they would accelerate construction on the North Corridor along NW 27th Avenue from
Ridership
Sortable chart detailing monthly weekday ridership averages by calendar year;[79] right hand chart giving annual averages may use "fiscal year" without disclosure, where the FY begins in October and has 75% of its time in the next year with only 25% in the starting year. Note the large jump in ridership starting September 2012 after the Orange Line extension to MIA opened, the largest project that came to fruition after the passing of the half-penny tax in 2002. Service frequency below Earlington Heights was doubled as a result, hence the ridership jumped by nearly 10,000, at least four times the ridership of the single new station at the Miami Intermodal Center (< 2,000). Year averages are rounded to the nearest 500, and the highest month is also given in bold. A trend of lower ridership during the summer can be seen, when the traffic and population of the county (and state) is generally lower. The low December ridership anomaly may be explained by the long Christmas and holiday season. By 2016, ridership started to decrease, especially by summer, where July saw the lowest ridership since the Orange Line opened in 2012. This lag follows Metrobus, which began to decline in 2014, amid an aging fleet and falling oil and gas prices, and posted the lowest ridership numbers in over a decade during June and July 2016. For October 2016, even Metromover recorded low ridership, though the low numbers for this specific month were blamed on one day of closure for Hurricane Matthew.[80] 2017 saw a continuation in the ridership decline across all three systems; ridership in September 2017 was impacted by Hurricane Irma despite the exclusion of days without service from the average.[79] All three modes declined sharply starting in March 2020 during the covid pandemic, slowly recovering over the next three years.
# | Month | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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1 | January | 60,400 | 62,700 | 65,100 | 70,100 | 73,100 | 76,300 | 76,000 | 71,500 | 65,100 |
2 | February | 61,500 | 65,300 | 66,600 | 74,100 | 78,100 | 77,800 | 77,200 | 73,900 | |
3 | March | 61,400 | 63,900 | 66,000 | 74,000 | 76,500 | 77,600 | 76,000 | 73,300 | |
4 | April | 60,600 | 65,000 | 66,400 | 74,500 | 76,100 | 76,200 | 75,900 | 69,900 | |
5 | May | 59,300 | 63,100 | 61,900 | 70,900 | 72,900 | 74,400 | 72,000 | 69,600 | |
6 | June | 57,800 | 60,700 | 60,500 | 71,600 | 69,100 | 71,300 | 67,800 | 64,300 | |
7 | July | 56,400 | 58,300 | 61,300 | 66,500 | 67,500 | 69,500 | 65,200 | 61,800 | |
8 | August | 57,000 | 59,000 | 62,100 | 68,900 | 70,200 | 70,200 | 65,900 | 65,400 | |
9 | September | 61,300 | 62,800 | 69,200 | 73,500 | 75,200 | 75,500 | 72,600 | 54,900 | |
10 | October | 63,300 | 64,400 | 70,500 | 74,000 | 76,300 | 76,900 | 67,400 | 68,400 | |
11 | November | 63,500 | 66,000 | 71,800 | 75,000 | 76,600 | 77,600 | 73,800 | 68,600 | |
12 | December | 56,300 | 59,500 | 65,100 | 69,100 | 71,000 | 71,500 | 69,600 | 63,000 | |
13 | Year Average | 60,000 | 62,500 | 65,500 | 72,000 | 73,500 | 74,500 | 71,500 | 67,050 |
Average Weekday Passengers (Metrorail only) | ||
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Fiscal Year | Ridership | %± |
1984 | 16,000 | [81] |
1985 | 20,000 | +20.0% |
1995 | 50,400 | +60.3% |
1996 | 48,100 | -4.6% |
1997 | 47,300 | -1.6% |
1998 | 44,871 | -5.2% |
1999 | 46,774 | +4.2% |
2000 | 47,256 | +1.0% |
2001 | 46,664 | -1.3% |
2002 | 47,064 | +0.9% |
2003 | 51,248 | +8.9% |
2004 | 55,294 | +7.9% |
2005 | 59,700 | +8.0% |
2006 | 58,358 | -2.2% |
2007 | 59,708 | +2.3% |
2008 | 63,710 | +6.7% |
2009 | 59,992 | −6.2% |
2010 | 59,900 | 0.0% |
2011 | 62,559 | +4.4% |
2012 | 69,100 | +10.5% |
2013 | 72,700 | +5.2% |
2014 | 74,600 | +2.6% |
Year | Annual passengers (with Metromover)[82] |
Average weekday passengers (with Metromover) |
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1995 | 18,614,000 | 63,100 |
1996 | 18,092,400 | 60,100 |
1997 | 18,098,900 | 60,800 |
1998 | 17,363,800 | 58,140 |
1999 | 17,839,100 | 60,654 |
2000 | 18,280,100 | 61,639 |
2001 | 18,629,800 | 63,514 |
2002 | 19,103,800 | 63,508 |
2003 | 21,297,400 | 76,769 |
2004 | 24,673,900 | 83,486 |
2005 | 25,538,500 | 88,173 |
2006 | 25,777,600 | 85,400 |
2007 | 26,510,800 | 87,767 |
2008 | 27,799,600 | 90,392 |
2009 | 25,778,200 | 85,875 |
2010 | 25,559,400 | 87,075 |
2011 | 27,515,100 | 92,334 |
2012 | 28,498,500 | 104,000 |
2013 | 30,531,100* | 105,500* |
* Record high
Ridership records
Date | Passengers | Remarks |
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May 20, 1984 | 150,000 | Inaugural day[81] |
June 24, 2013 | 117,000 | Miami Heat parade[83] |
January 1, 1991 | 101,000 | New Year's Day |
See also
- Transportation in South Florida
- List of metro systems
- List of United States rapid transit systems by ridership
- List of North American rapid transit systems by ridership
- List of Florida railroads
Notes
- ^ *Where the Green and Orange lines run together. No service from approximately 12 a.m. to 5 a.m.
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Further reading
- Benjamin, Peter (January 1978). Draft Environmental Impact Statement Metropolitan Dade County Rail Rapid Transit Project. OCLC 3713000.
- Taylor, John K. (May 1978). Final Environmental Impact Statement Metropolitan Dade County Rail Rapid Transit Project. Washington, D.C.: US Department of Transportation / Urban Mass Transportation Administration. OCLC 3990731.
External links
Media related to Metrorail (Miami-Dade County) at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- "Miami Rail Transit network". City Rail Transit. June 2015.
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