Passenger Trains > [FL] Miami Metro-Rail

Miami has a subway-like elevated rail system which links the south suburbs, and downtown with separate destinations of the airport and the western suburbs. Not unlike a Y. Third rail system on a mostly elevated right of way.

In an unusual approach, the northern branch of the rail system connects with regional passenger rail provider at Hialeah Market, while the southwestern branch connects at Miami Airport. On Tri-Rail, these points are about 8 miles apart.

Picture 1 - an incoming Orange / Airport train arrives at the airport station. Tri-Rail's terminal is visible to the right.

Picture 2 - interior of a MetroRail car. Lots of space for wheel chairs, bikes, etc. All stations have elevators, although several were out of service today.

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IIRC Miami, Baltimore, and Los Angeles all use the same body, but L.A. chose a longer wheelbase truck for higher speed operation (70 MPH in the Hollywood Hills tunnel).

The Baltimore/Miami orders were the last trains built by the Budd company IIRC. The Los Angeles cars copy some of the design elements but were built by Breda. Breda (now owned by Hitachi) has the order for the replacement Miami cars.

Some of the original Baltimore cars were sent to Miami and became original Miami cars, Baltimore wasn't ready for system startup.