Aventura station is a

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station in

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. It is located on West Dixie Highway, west of the

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and the city of Aventura. The station is built on land purchased by Brightline (then known as Virgin Trains USA) and donated to

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, which funded a portion of the construction with $76 million. A

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was held September 3, 2020. Prior to Brightline's ongoing suspension of service due to the

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, the station had been expected to open in the fall of 2021. A

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was held on December 20, 2022. Despite a scheduled opening date of December 21, 2022, passenger service wouldn't begin until a few days later, on December 24, 2022, due to some last-minute finishing touches to the station. Inter-city service is provided to

MiamiCentral MiamiCentral is a mixed-use railroad station development in the Government Center district of Downtown Miami, Florida, currently serving inter-city rail service Brightline. It includes connections to such transit as Metrorail, Metromover, and ...

in about 17 minutes, and trains run as far north as

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until the

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extension is opened in 2023. The station is 34,000 sq ft (3,200 m²) on a 3 acre site. There are 240 parking spaces at the Aventura station, as well as a

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bus drop-off. Complimentary shuttle service is available to and from the mall. Brightline has also started the design of another

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that will connect the

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to Aventura Mall in the future. The

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is expected in the future to serve as the terminus of planned

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services in

and

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. The Miami-Dade line would run between Aventura and MiamiCentral, and the Broward line would operate as far north as Deerfield Beach.

References

Brightline stations Florida East Coast Railway Transportation buildings and structures in Miami-Dade County, Florida Railway stations in the United States opened in 2022 {{Florida-railstation-stub