Eighth Street station (Miami)

Eighth Street
Metromover people mover station
one of the entrances in 2014
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]

Places of interest

• 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

Transit connections

Metrobus

Route #	Route Name	Route Map	Note
24	Miami-Dade Public Library (West Miami Branch) or Coral Way at West 137 Ave ↔ Downtown Miami (Government Center station)	Map
48	Santa Clara station ↔ South Miami station	Map
95	Aventura ↔ Brickell	Map	Weekdays only; limited-stop

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 Eight 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