Government Center station (Miami)

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Government Center
Metrorail metro station
Metromover people mover station
Transit at Government Center.jpg
Three modes of transit operating simultaneously at Government Center station
General information
Location101 NW 1st Street (Metrorail)
138 NW 3rd Street (Metromover)
Miami, Florida
Coordinates 25°46′33″N80°11′45″W / 25.77583°N 80.19583°W / 25.77583; -80.19583
Owned by Miami-Dade County
Platforms
Tracks
  • 2 (Metrorail)
  • 2 (Metromover)
Connections
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels4
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeGVT
History
Opened
  • May 20, 1984 (Metrorail) [1]
  • April 17, 1986 (Metromover)
Passengers
20113.2 million [2] (Metrorail)Increase2.svg 3%
Preceding station Logo Miami-Dade County.svg Miami-Dade Transit Following station
Brickell Green Line Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre
toward Palmetto
Orange Line Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre
Third Street
toward School Board
Omni Loop Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr.
One-way operation
Third Street Brickell Loop
Miami Avenue
One-way operation
Inner Loop Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr.
Next clockwise
Former services
Preceding station Logo Miami-Dade County.svg Miami-Dade Transit Following station
Brickell Downtown Express Terminus
Location
Government Center station (Miami)

Government Center station is an intermodal transit hub in the Government Center district of Downtown Miami, Florida. It is operated by Miami-Dade Transit and serves as a transfer station for the Metrorail and Metromover rapid transit systems and as a bus station for Metrobus, Paratransit, and Broward County Transit buses. MiamiCentral is directly connected via a pedestrian bridge over NW 3rd Street. The station is located near the intersection of Northwest First Street and First Avenue, a part of the Stephen P. Clark Government Center Building. It opened to service May 20, 1984, next to the site of a former FEC railway station which is now MiamiCentral.

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History

Metrorail and Metromover station

Schematic of 2018 rapid transit and passenger rail service in the Miami metropolitan area Miami Metro Map 2017.png
Schematic of 2018 rapid transit and passenger rail service in the Miami metropolitan area

Development of the civic center was reinvigorated during the 1970s and early 1980s during a Downtown building boom. The boom spurred the development and construction of the Stephen P. Clark Government Center, Metrorail, Metromover, and the Miami-Dade Cultural Plaza, which currently includes HistoryMiami and the Miami-Dade Public Library System Main Library.

Construction on the present-day Government Center station began in June 1982. The station was primarily designed by the Cambridge Seven Associates in collaboration with Edward D. Stone. The station was built by the Frank J. Rooney Construction Company. Metrorail service, between Overtown and Kendall, following the precise route of the FEC, commenced service May 1984.

An unused, partially completed ghost platform for a future East-West Metrorail line is adjacent to the west side of the mezzanine level below the current Metrorail station and is easily visible to passengers transferring from Metromover to Metrorail. This platform was part of the original design concept which interfaced with the atrium of the Miami-Dade County Administration Building, and the people mover station.

Florida East Coast Railroad station

Next to Government Center station is the former site of a railroad station developed in April 1896 as the southern terminus of Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway (FEC). The downtown passenger terminal was demolished by November 1963. [4] The FEC still owns the old station site, which was occupied by parking lots until 2014. It is now MiamiCentral, an intermodal transit hub. It has been served by Brightline higher-speed inter-city trains since 2018, and served by Tri-Rail commuter trains since 2024.

Station layout

The second floor of the complex includes the main fare control for Metrorail and platforms for the Metromover loops, as well as the Metrofare Shops area. The third floor of the complex is a mezzanine for transfers between the two services. A ghost platform for a never-built east-west Metrorail line is located on this level. The fourth floor of the complex is the Metrorail platform. It is the highest transit platform of the Miami-Dade Transit system in height and can hold up to eight Metrorail cars.

Transit connections

Metrobus

Route #Route NameRoute MapNote
2 The Mall at 163rd Street via NW 2 Ave and North Miami Avenue Map
3 Aventura Mall via Biscayne Boulevard Map 24-hour service
7 Dolphin Mall via NW 7 St Map
7AMiami Airport Station via NW 7 ST/ NW 42nd AVE Map
9 Aventura Mall via NE 2 Ave Map
11 Downtown MiamiFlorida International University (FIU) Modesto Maidique Campus via Flagler Street and West 107 Ave (SR 985) Map 24-hour service
21 Northside station via West 12 Ave Map
77Downtown Miami ↔ Miami Gardens at Miami Gardens Drive/North 183 St or 199 St via NW 7 and NW 2 Ave. (US 441) Map 24-hour service
9595 Express (Golden Glades Tri-Rail station and Park and Ride Lot via I-95) Map Afternoon rush hours only
100Aventura Mall via Miami Beach and Collins Avenue Map 24-hour service
203Biscayne MAX (Aventura via Biscayne Boulevard) Map Rush hours only; limited-stop
207Little Havana Connection (Downtown Miami ↔ Little Havana via SW 7 St & 1 St) Map
208Little Havana Connection (Downtown Miami ↔ Little Havana via Flagler Street & SW 8 St) Map
211Flagler MAX (Downtown Miami ↔ Sweetwater via Flagler St) Map Rush hours only; limited-stop
400South OWL (Downtown Miami ↔ Dadeland South station) Map Overnight only
401North OWL (Downtown Miami ↔ 163 St Mall Terminal) Map Overnight only
836Express (Downtown Miami ↔ Dolphin Station Park and Ride) Map Weekday rush hour only; limited-stop
837Express (Downtown Miami ↔ Tamiami Station Park and Ride) Map Weekday rush hour only; limited-stop

Broward County Transit

Route #Route NameRoute MapNote
10995 Express (Downtown Miami ↔ Pines Boulevard (SR 820) at Flamingo Road (SR 823) via I-95 and Pines Blvd) Map Weekday rush hour only; limited-stop
110595 Express (Sunrise BB&T Center ↔ Downtown Miami and Brickell via I-95) Map Weekday rush hour only; limited stop

Miami Trolley

Route NameRoute Map
Coral Way Map

Places of interest

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