Palmetto station

Miami-Dade Transit metro station

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● Palmetto

Metrorail metro station

Platform and waiting train at the station

General information
Location| 7701 NW 79th Avenue
Miami, Florida
Coordinates| 25°50′36″N 80°19′27″W﻿ / ﻿25.84333°N 80.32417°W﻿ / 25.84333; -80.32417
Owned by| Miami-Dade County
Platforms| 1 island platform
Tracks| 2
Connections|  Metrobus: 87 & Doral Trolley
Construction
Parking| 710 spaces
Park and ride
Accessible| Yes
Other information
Station code| PAL
History
Opened| May 30, 2003
Passengers
2011| 312,000[1] 0%
Services
| Preceding station  |  Miami-Dade Transit | Following station

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Okeechobee

toward Dadeland South

|  | Green Line |  | Terminus

Palmetto station is a Metrorail rapid transit station in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida (with a Miami address), United States, just near the town of Medley. It is the current northern terminus of the Metrorail system. This station is located near the intersection of Northwest 77th Street and 79 Avenue, opening to service May 30, 2003. It is adjacent to the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826) (its namesake), providing convenience to west Miami-Dade and Broward commuters traveling into Downtown Miami. The station is in a low-density warehouse area and has low ridership. In 2023 a 900-unit housing project was proposed for the site.900 apartments

## Station layout[edit]

The station has two tracks and an island platform, with parking north of the station structure.

## Places of interest[edit]

* Miami-Dade Animal Services Shelter/Adoption Center
* Town of Medley
* City of Doral
* Miami-Dade Warehouse District

## References[edit]

1. ^ http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/news_technical_reports_archive.asp [dead link]

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Palmetto (Metrorail station) at Wikimedia Commons
* MDT – Metrorail Stations
* Station from Google Maps Street View

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Railroad and metro stations in the Miami metropolitan area

Tri-Rail
(SFRTA)|

* Boca Raton
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* Cypress Creek
* Deerfield Beach
* Delray Beach
* Fort Lauderdale
* Fort Lauderdale Airport
* Golden Glades
* Hialeah Market
* Hollywood
* Lake Worth Beach
* Mangonia Park
* Miami Airport
* Metrorail Transfer
* Opa-locka
* Pompano Beach
* Sheridan Street
* West Palm Beach

Miami-Dade Transit
List of metro stations|

| Metrorail|

* Allapattah
* Brickell
* Brownsville
* Civic Center
* Coconut Grove
* Culmer
* Dadeland North
* Dadeland South
* Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza
* Douglas Road
* Earlington Heights
* Government Center
* Hialeah
* Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre
* Miami International Airport
* Northside
* Okeechobee
* Palmetto
* Santa Clara
* South Miami
* Tri-Rail
* University
* Vizcaya

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Metromover|

* Adrienne Arsht Center
* Bayfront Park
* Brickell
* College/Bayside
* College North
* Eighth Street
* Eleventh Street
* Fifth Street
* Financial District
* First Street
* Freedom Tower
* Government Center
* Knight Center
* Miami Avenue
* Museum Park
* Park West
* Riverwalk
* School Board
* Tenth Street/Promenade
* Third Street
* Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr.

MIA Mover
(Miami International Airport)|

* Miami Intermodal Center
* MIA Central Terminal

Brightline|

* MiamiCentral
* Aventura
* Fort Lauderdale
* Boca Raton
* West Palm Beach

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