Earlington Heights station is a station on the Metrorail

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system in Brownsville, Florida. This station is located at the intersection of Northwest 21st Avenue and the Airport Expressway (SR 112). The Metrorail Orange Line creation and extension of the metro to

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(MIA) began construction from this rail station in May 2009, completed in July 2012. Passenger service between MIA, through

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, and to the southern

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suburb of Kendall opened in Summer 2012.

Station layout

The station has two tracks served by an

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Places of interest

(via the Orange Line) * Brownsville *Allapattah *Historic Miami Jackson High School *Earlington Heights Elementary

References

External links

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MDT – Metrorail Stations

entrance from Google Maps Street View
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