Tri-Rail Connection To Airport Coming Within Weeks As Miami Central Station Nears Completion

In just a few weeks, passengers will be able to get to and from Miami International Airport using Tri-Rail.

Officials expect to open the Tri-Rail portion of the Miami Central Station this spring. The cost of the Tri-Rail station is $92 million, up from the $85 million originally budgeted.

Passengers of the 71-mile Tri-Rail system will be able to access the airport terminal by taking an escalator to the MIA Mover, followed by a three-minute ride. MIA Mover trains depart approximately every 90 seconds, and MIA has ordered additional Mitsubishi Crystal Mover cars to add new capacity next year.

Tri-Rail has been shuttling MIA passengers to the Hialeah Market Station since September 2011, when they closed the airport station to rebuild it. At the time, they said that construction would last approximately two years. By closing the station instead of building while keeping it open, they claimed that they would save $10 million and 21 months of construction time.

Other components of the Intermodal Center, including the car rental center and metrorail link, are already open. An Amtrak connection has been plagued by delays and won’t open until summer 2016.

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Story by: TNM Staff on March 23, 2015
Photo Courtesy: Sean_Marshall/flickr

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