Earlington Heights station is a station on the

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. 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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Station layout

The station has two tracks served by an

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Places of interest

(via the Orange Line) * Brownsville *Allapattah *Historic

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*Earlington Heights Elementary

References

External links

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MDT – Metrorail Stations

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