MiamiCentral

For the Amtrak station formerly known as Miami Central, see Miami Airport Station.
MiamiCentral
Brightline station

Construction of MiamiCentral
Location 400 NW 1st Avenue Miami, Florida 33030 United States
Coordinates 25°46′39″N 80°11′45″W / 25.77753°N 80.19578°W / 25.77753; -80.19578Coordinates: 25°46′39″N 80°11′45″W / 25.77753°N 80.19578°W / 25.77753; -80.19578
Owned by Florida East Coast Industries (FECI)
Line(s)

All Aboard Florida:

  Brightline (2017)

Tri-Rail:

  Downtown Miami Link (2017)
Platforms

[1]

Tracks
  • 5 Total
  • 3 (FEC - est. 2017)
  • 2 (Tri-Rail - est. 2017)
Construction
Structure type Train station, condo, retail, office, hotel
Parking Yes
Disabled access Yes
Architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (2017)
Architectural style Modernism (2017)
History
Opened April 15, 1896
2017 (planned)
Closed January 23, 1963
Rebuilt 2014–17
Services
Preceding station   Florida East Coast Railway   Following station
  Future services  
TerminusBrightline (2017)
toward Orlando
Preceding station   SFRTA   Following station
  Future services  
TerminusDowntown Miami Link (2017)
  Government Center interchange  
Preceding station   Metrorail   Following station
toward Palmetto
Green Line
Orange Line
Preceding station   Metromover   Following station
Inner Loop
One-way operation
One-way operation
Brickell Loop
Omni Loop
toward School Board
  Former services  
Little River
toward Jacksonville
FEC Mainline
(Closed 1960s)		Terminus

MiamiCentral is a mixed-use railroad station development under construction in Miami, Florida. When complete, the station is planned to serve Brightline higher-speed rail, Tri-Rail commuter rail, and connect to the adjacent Government Center station serving Metrorail, Metromover, and bus lines. The 9-acre complex will also include 3 million square feet of residential, office, commercial, and retail development.[2] The station is being built by All Aboard Florida, a subsidiary of Florida East Coast Industries (FECI) overseeing Brightline. MiamiCentral is designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in association with Zyscovich Architects.[3]

History

Original FEC station: 1896-1963

View toward the southeast of the city center, with passenger trains and the Dade County Courthouse foreground, c. 1930s

MiamiCentral was originally a railroad station opened April 15, 1896 as the southern terminus of Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway (FEC). The station as the southern end of the FEC line until 1905, when construction began to Key West via the Overseas Railroad. The FEC built a wooden passenger station building in 1912 at site of what would become the Dade County Courthouse.[4] Construction on the courthouse was started in 1925 and finished 1928. Seaboard Air Line Railroad intercity passenger rail started service at the location in 1927. FEC and Seaboard both regularly serviced the site until January 23, 1963, when union workers for both companies went on strike.[5][6]

At the insistence of the City of Miami, which had long fought to get rid of the tracks in the downtown section just north of the county courthouse, the downtown passenger terminal was demolished by November 1963.[7] Although a new station was planned at the Buena Vista yard near North Miami Avenue and 36th Street (US 27),[6] it was never built. The site of the old station was left as parking lots until construction of MiamiCentral began in 2014.

When FEC ended their passenger service, this left Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (service absorbed by Amtrak in 1971) as the sole intercity rail in Miami. They operated out of the decaying Allapattah terminal at Northwest 22nd Street and Seventh Avenue (US 441) until in 1978 Amtrak moved to its current location near Hialeah.[8]

New station

Schematic of rapid transit and passenger rail service in the Miami metropolitan area in 2017. Tri-Rail Downtown Miami Link and Brightline are scheduled to be operational in 2017.

In March 2012, All Aboard Florida, a subsidiary of Florida East Coast Industries who also owns the Florida East Coast Railway, announced plans to connect Miami and Orlando, Florida with Higher-speed passenger rail service. [9] In May 2014 All Aboard Florida unveiled their plans for the 9 acre site, construction anticipated in late 2014. It will include two tracks on either side of an island platform, 50 ft above street level, 3 million square feet of transit-oriented development, with Retail shops at street level and hotel rooms, housing and office space would occupy number towers above the station.[10][11] By August 2014 the parking lots that have occupied the site for decades were closed and the site was being prepared for construction.[12]

See also

References

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