Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre station
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.
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| Location | 100 NW Sixth Street, Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°46′51″N 80°11′46″W | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Miami-Dade County | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Parking | No | ||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | OVT | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | May 20, 1984 | ||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Overtown (1984–1988) Overtown/Arena (1988–2007) | ||||||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers (2011) | 417,000[1]  | ||||||||||||||
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Station layout
The station has two tracks served by an island platform.
| P Platform level |
Southbound | ← Green Line, Orange Line toward Dadeland South (Government Center) |
| Island platform | ||
| Northbound | Green Line toward Palmetto (Culmer) → Orange Line toward Miami International Airport (Culmer) → | |
| G | Street level | Exit/entrance, fare control, buses |
Places of interest
- AmericanAirlines Arena
- Lyric Theatre
- Ninth Street Pedestrian Mall
- Park West District
- Northern Downtown Miami
External links
- MDT – Metrorail Stations
- 1st Court entrance from Google Maps Street View
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