Dadeland South station is a transfer station on the

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system in the Dadeland district of

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. It is the southern terminus of the Metrorail system and the northern terminus of the South Dade TransitWay (a BRT corridor). It is the southernmost transit station in the Continental United States. This station is located near the intersection of Dadeland Boulevard and Datran Boulevard, adjacent to

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(

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), three blocks southwest of

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and

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, and just east of the US 1– Palmetto Expressway (SR 826) junction. It opened to service May 20, 1984. The station serves

Downtown Dadeland Downtown Dadeland is an urban residential and retail development in Dadeland, Kendall, Florida, USA. Dadeland is an edge city in Kendall, which is part of unincorporated Miami-Dade County. Downtown Dadeland was completed in 2005, during a South ...

as well as local shopping centers

and

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Station layout

The station has two tracks served by an

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References

External links

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MDT – Metrorail Stations

Station from Dadeland Boulevard from Google Map Street View
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