Culmer station

Culmer
Metrorail metro station
Downtown Miami, as seen from the station's southbound platform
Location	701 NW 11th Street, Miami, Florida 33136
Coordinates	25°47′4″N 80°12′28″W / 25.78444°N 80.20778°WCoordinates: 25°47′4″N 80°12′28″W / 25.78444°N 80.20778°W
Owned by	Miami-Dade County
Line(s)	Green Line   Orange Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus: 77, 211, 277
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	CUL
History
Opened	December 17, 1984
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	351,000[1]  11%
Services
Preceding station   Metrorail   Following station Civic Center toward Palmetto Green Line Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre toward Dadeland South Civic Center toward Airport Orange Line

Culmer is a station of the Metrorail rapid transit system just northeast of the Spring Garden neighborhood of Miami, Florida, near the Midtown Interchange. This station is located at the intersection of Northwest 11th Street and Seventh Avenue (US 441), opening to service December 17, 1984. The station is named after Father John Culmer, a local civil rights leader who labored tirelessly to improve the living conditions of black Miamians.

Places of interest

• Spring Garden
• Marlins Park
• Historic Booker T. Washington Senior High School
• Northwest Seventh Avenue (US 441/State Road 7)

Transit connections

Metrobus

Route #	Route Name	Route Map	Note
55	(Marlins Ballpark Shuttle ↔ Culmer Metrorail Station)		Operates during baseball season
77	Downtown Miami ↔ Miami Gardens at Miami Gardens Drive/NW 183 St via NW 7 Ave and NW 2 Ave (US 441)	Map
211	Overtown Circulator (NW 11 St and NW 11 Ave ↔ Williams Park via NW 3rd Ave)	Map	Weekday service only
277	NW 7th Ave Max (Downtown Miami ↔ Golden Glades station via US 441)	Map	Weekday rush hour only; limited-stop

When Major events are going on like the Corporate Run all routes that operate into Downtown Miami will be detoured to this Station except for the 95x the Dade Broward Express and BCT Express Routes.

References

1. http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/news_technical_reports_archive.asp

External links

• Media related to Culmer (Metrorail station) at Wikimedia Commons
• MDT – Metrorail Stations
• 11th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View