Wikipedia
Metrorail may refer to:
- Rapid transit, a frequent electric rail system commonly called a metro
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Metrorail (South Africa), a commuter rail system operator in South Africa
- Metrorail Eastern Cape, commuter rail lines serving Port Elizabeth and East London
- Metrorail Gauteng, the commuter rail system in Gauteng province (including Johannesburg and Pretoria)
- Metrorail KwaZulu-Natal, the commuter rail system in Durban
- Metrorail Western Cape, the commuter rail system in Cape Town
- Washington Metro, the rapid transit system in Washington, D.C., USA
- Metro Rail (Los Angeles County), the rapid transit and light rail system in Los Angeles, California, USA
- Metrorail (Miami), the rapid transit system in Miami, Florida, USA
- METRORail, the light rail system in Houston, Texas, USA
- Valley Metro Rail, the light rail system in the Phoenix metropolitan area in Arizona, USA
- Buffalo Metro Rail, the rapid transit system in Buffalo, New York, USA
- Capital MetroRail, the commuter rail service in Austin, Texas, USA
- New MetroRail, transit improvements to Transperth Trains, the railway network of Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Metrorail, colloquially called the Metro, is the heavy rail rapid transit system of Miami and Miami-Dade County, Florida. Metrorail is operated by Miami-Dade Transit (MDT), a departmental agency of Miami-Dade County. Opened in 1984, it is Florida's only rapid transit metro system, and is currently composed of two lines of 23 stations on of standard gauge track.
Metrorail serves the urban core of Miami, connecting the urban centers of Miami International Airport, the Civic Center, Downtown Miami, and Brickell with the northern developed neighborhoods of Hialeah and Medley to the northwest, and to suburban The Roads, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, and South Miami, ending at urban Dadeland in Kendall. Metrorail connects to the Metromover in Downtown, which provides metro service to the entirety of Downtown and Brickell. Additionally, it connects to South Florida's commuter rail system at Tri-Rail Station, as well as Metrobus routes at all stations. Together with Metromover, the system has seen steady ridership growth per annum, with an average of 105,500 daily passengers in 2013.
In 2012, Metrorail opened its 23rd station, Miami Central Station, at Miami International Airport (MIA), opening a 16-station newly created Orange Line between the MIA and Dadeland South stations. The new line is expected to increase ridership significantly, adding millions of riders per year, and allowing residents and visitors alike direct access from the MIA to Downtown Miami, and greater connectivity between various modes of transit throughout Miami-Dade County. Central Station provides direct service to Amtrak inter-city rail services, Tri-Rail commuter rail, Greyhound Lines intercity bus, and the Rental Car Center. Miami Central Station is expected to attract 150,000 daily commuters and travelers.
Metrorail is an operator of commuter rail services in the major urban areas of South Africa. It is a division of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), a state-owned enterprise which is responsible for most passenger rail services in South Africa. The Metrorail system consists of 471 stations, of track, and carries an average of 1.7 million passengers per weekday.
Metrorail was formed as a business unit of Transnet and was transferred to the South African Rail Commuter Corporation (SARCC), the predecessor of PRASA. In the early 1990s Metrorail was placed under Spoornet, another business unit of Transnet but on 1 January 1997, Metrorail became an independent business within Transnet and the Metrorail regions were formed. In 2006 Metrorail was transferred back into the SARCC; in 2008 the SARCC became PRASA.