Eighth Street station (Miami)

Eighth Street
Metromover people mover station
Looking north to station in 2015, Brickell City Centre under construction.
Location	59 SE Eighth Street Miami, Florida 33131
Coordinates	25°46′0″N 80°11′31″W / 25.76667°N 80.19194°WCoordinates: 25°46′0″N 80°11′31″W / 25.76667°N 80.19194°W
Owned by	Miami-Dade County
Line(s)	Brickell Loop
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus: 24, 48, 95
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	Brickell Loop
History
Opened	May 26, 1994
Rebuilt	2014-15
Services
Preceding station   Metromover   Following station Fifth Street toward Knight Center Brickell Loop Tenth Street/Promenade toward Financial District

Eighth Street is a Metromover station in the Brickell district of Downtown, Miami, Florida, one mile east of Little Havana. This station is located on the Tamiami Trail (Southeast Eighth Street/US 41) near First Avenue. It opened to service May 26, 1994. Eighth Street Station and its grounds received significant upgrades as part of Swire Properties' $1.05 billion Brickell CitiCentre project^[1] throughout its closure from August 2014 to November 2015.^[2] While the station reopened in 2015, the third floor connection to Brickell City Centre remained closed through October 2016.

Places of interest

• Brickell City Centre
• Little Havana (via Route 8)
• Tamiami Trail
• Plaza on Brickell Towers
• First Presbyterian Church of Miami
• Brickell Center
• One Brickell Square
• Ocean Bank Tower
• Brickell Bayview Center
• 840 Brickell Building
• 820 Brickell Building
• 700 Brickell Building
• 701 Brickell Building
• 777 Brickell Building
• 800 Brickell Building
• 842 Brickell Place Tower

References

1. Musibay, Oscar Pedro (April 20, 2012). "Swire's CitiCentre upgrading Metromover station". South Florida Business Journal. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
2. Blake, Scott (August 13, 2014). "Swire work closing Metromover stop for year". Miami Today News. Retrieved August 19, 2014.

External links

• Media related to Eighth Street metro station at Wikimedia Commons
• MDT – Metromover Stations
• 8th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 7th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View