Culmer station is a station on 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.[1] The station is named after Father John Culmer, a local civil rights leader who worked to improve the living conditions of black Miamians.

Culmer
Metrorail metro station
Downtown Miami, as seen from the station's southbound platform
General information
Location701 NW 11th Street
Miami, Florida
Coordinates25°47′4″N 80°12′28″W / 25.78444°N 80.20778°W / 25.78444; -80.20778
Owned byMiami-Dade County
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsLocal Transit Metrobus: 77
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeCUL
History
OpenedDecember 17, 1984[1]
Passengers
2011351,000[2]Increase 11%
Services
Preceding station Miami-Dade Transit Following station
Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre Green Line UHealth–Jackson
toward Palmetto
Orange Line UHealth–Jackson
Location
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Station layout

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The station has two tracks served by an island platform, with a parking lot south of the platform and bus bays north of it.

Places of interest

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Metrorail to Start Nighttime Service". Florida Today. Cocoa, Florida. December 28, 1984. p. 6B. Retrieved September 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.  
  2. ^ http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/news_technical_reports_archive.asp[permanent dead link]
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