South Miami station is a station on the

Metrorail METRORail is the light rail system in Houston, Texas (United States). In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . METRORail ranks as the second most-traveled light rail system in the Southern United States and the List ...

rapid transit Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT) or heavy rail, commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas. A grade separation, grade separated rapid transit line below ground su ...

system in

South Miami, Florida South Miami is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The city is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The population was 12,026 as of the 2020 census. History South Florida had been roamed by Native Americans ( ...

. This station is located at the intersection of

South Dixie Highway Dixie Highway was a United States auto trail first planned in 1914 to connect the Midwest with the South. It was part of a system and was expanded from an earlier Miami to Montreal highway. The final system is better understood as a network of ...

(

US 1 U.S. Route 1 or U.S. Highway 1 (US 1) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway System, United States Numbered Highway that serves the East Coast of the United States. It runs from Key West, Florida, north to Fort ...

) and

Sunset Drive Sunset Drive, also known as Southwest 72nd Street is a east–west arterial road traversing the southwestern suburbs of Miami, Florida, from the northwestern portions of the Kendall area to Coral Gables. A central portion of Sunset Drive is m ...

(SW 72nd Street/ SR 986), two blocks west of Red Road (West 57th Avenue). It opened to service May 20, 1984. South Miami provides access to

The Shops at Sunset Place The Shops at Sunset Place is an outdoor shopping mall in South Miami, Florida at the intersection of Dixie Highway (US 1) and Red Road (West 57th Avenue). The mall opened in 1999. It was owned by Federal Realty, Grass River Property, and Comr ...

, as well as a number of local hospitals.

Station layout

The station has two tracks served by an

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

, with a parking garage immediately west of the platform.

References

External links

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MDT – Metrorail Stations

Station from Google Maps Street View
{{South Florida rail metro system Green Line (Metrorail) Orange Line (Metrorail) Metrorail (Miami-Dade County) stations in Miami-Dade County, Florida Railway stations in the United States opened in 1984 1984 establishments in Florida South Miami, Florida