Culmer station is a station on the

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system just northeast of the Spring Garden neighborhood of

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, near the

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. This station is located at the intersection of Northwest 11th Street and Seventh Avenue (

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), opening to service December 17, 1984. The station is named after Father John Culmer, a local

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leader who labored tirelessly to improve the living conditions of

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Miamians.

Station layout

The station has two tracks served by an

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, with a parking lot south of the platform and bus bays north of it.

Places of interest

* Spring Garden *

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*Historic Booker T. Washington Senior High School *Northwest Seventh Avenue (US 441/ State Road 7)

References

External links

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MDT – Metrorail Stations

11th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
{{South Florida rail metro system Green Line (Metrorail) Orange Line (Metrorail) Metrorail (Miami-Dade County) stations in Miami Railway stations in the United States opened in 1984 1984 establishments in Florida