Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre station

Historic Overtown
Lyric Theatre
Metrorail metro station
The headquarters of Miami-Dade Transit adjacent to the station
Location 100 NW Sixth Street,
Miami, Florida
Coordinates 25°46′51″N 80°11′46″W / 25.78083°N 80.19611°W / 25.78083; -80.19611Coordinates: 25°46′51″N 80°11′46″W / 25.78083°N 80.19611°W / 25.78083; -80.19611
Owned by Miami-Dade County
Line(s)
  Green Line
  Orange Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections Metrobus: 2, 7, 95X, 95, 211, 246
Construction
Parking No
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code OVT
History
Opened May 20, 1984
Previous names Overtown (1984–1988)
Overtown/Arena (1988–2007)
Traffic
Passengers (2011) 417,000[1] Increase 12%
Services
Preceding station   Metrorail   Following station
Green Line
toward Palmetto
Orange Line

Historic Overtown / Lyric Theatre station is a station on the Metrorail rapid transit system in northwest Downtown, Miami, Florida. The station is located at the intersection of Northwest Sixth Street and First Avenue, just south of the neighborhood of Overtown and east of the historic Lyric Theatre. It opened on May 20, 1984. Originally called Overtown, the Arena was added to the name in 1988 when the Miami Arena opened. It took on its current name in 2007, one year before the Miami Arena was demolished.

Station layout

P
Platform level		 Southbound ← Green Line, Orange Line toward Dadeland South (Government Center)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Northbound Green Line toward Palmetto (Culmer) →
Orange Line toward Miami Airport (Culmer) →
G Street level Exit/entrance and buses

Places of interest


References

  1. ↑ http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/news_technical_reports_archive.asp%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
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