Culmer station is a station on the
Metrorail
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rapid transit
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system just northeast of the
Spring Garden neighborhood of
Miami
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,
Florida
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, near the
Midtown Interchange
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. This station is located at the intersection of Northwest 11th Street and Seventh Avenue (
US 441
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), opening to service December 17, 1984. The station is named after
Father John Culmer, a local
civil rights
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leader who labored tirelessly to improve the living conditions of
black
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Miamians.
Station layout
The station has two tracks served by an
island platform
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, with a parking lot south of the platform and bus bays north of it.
Places of interest
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Spring Garden
*
LoanDepot Park
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*Historic
Booker T. Washington Senior High School
*Northwest Seventh Avenue (US 441/
State Road 7)
References
External links
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MDT – Metrorail Stations11th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View{{South Florida rail metro system
Green Line (Metrorail)
Orange Line (Metrorail)
Metrorail (Miami-Dade County) stations in Miami
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1984
1984 establishments in Florida