Government Center station (Miami)

Government Center
Metrorail metro station
Metromover people mover station
Three modes of transit operating simultaneously at Government Center station
General information
Location101 NW 1st Street (Metrorail)
138 NW 3rd Street (Metromover)
Miami, Florida
Coordinates25°46′33″N 80°11′45″W / 25.77583°N 80.19583°W / 25.77583; -80.19583
Owned byMiami-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) Increase 3%
Feb 2014299,806[3] (Metrorail)
Feb 2014210,134[3] (Metromover)
Services
Preceding station Miami-Dade Transit Following station
Brickell Green Line Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre
toward Palmetto
Orange Line Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre
Third Street 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 Miami-Dade Transit Following station
Brickell Downtown Express Terminus
Location
Map

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.

  1. ^ "Free Rides Bring Out Thousands to Opening of Miami Metrorail". The Tampa Tribune. May 21, 1984. pp. 1B–2B. Retrieved September 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/news_technical_reports_archive.asp[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b "RIDERSHIP TECHNICAL REPORT". Miami-Dade County Transit. Retrieved 2 June 2014.[permanent dead link]