Metrorail to increase weekend frequency to improve service for commuters

The Division of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW) is improving Metrorail weekend service starting Saturday, July 27, 2024.

The Metrorail service changes being carried out are:

• Scheduled weekend Inexperienced Line frequency will enhance from half-hour to fifteen minutes.
• Throughout single monitoring on weekends, Inexperienced Line trains will run each 20 minutes.  Frequencies throughout single monitoring are approximate and topic to vary.
• For passengers heading to and from Miami Worldwide Airport on weekends, an airport prepare shuttle will proceed to run each quarter-hour between Earlington Heights and Airport Metrorail station.

This adjustment will enhance riders’ skill to navigate their weekends effectively and might be efficient in time for residents to make the most of for his or her tax-free weekend buying by visiting numerous buying plazas serviced by Metrorail stops like Dadeland North, Coconut Grove and Brickell.

By way of enhanced integration with the Token Transit App, Miami-Dade Transit riders can buy a One-Journey, One-Day, and Seven-Day Move via numerous platforms, within the Token Transit App and Transit App, Google Pockets/Maps (Android solely), and Moovit.

Different choices embody contactless-enabled financial institution playing cards or digital wallets, the GO Miami-Dade Transit app, on-line via the Transit Store, or any Ticket Merchandising Machine (TVMs) positioned in any respect Metrorail stations and at choose sales outlets. Preloaded (cross product or saved worth) EASY Playing cards and EASY Tickets are additionally accepted on the Metrorail faregates.

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Accepted digital wallets embody Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, and Fitbit Pay. If utilizing a contactless-enabled financial institution card or digital pockets, the fare will cap at $5.65 for limitless rides per day, together with transfers, on Metrorail and Metrobus.

Commuters are encourage to go to Miami-Dade Transit’s website for full Metrorail schedules, station maps, parking areas and far more. Schedules and real-time data might be obtainable in Transit App and different journey planners.