Aventura station
Aventura is a future Brightline infill station in Ojus, Florida. The station will be located on Dixie Highway west of the Aventura Mall on a site was purchased by Brightline (then known as Virgin Trains USA) and donated to Miami-Dade County, who are partly funding construction.[1] It is expected to open between October 2020 and October 2022 (though the company maintains the former date).[2][3] Service will be provided to Virgin MiamiCentral in about 15 minutes, and trains will run as far north as West Palm Beach until the Orlando extension is opened in 2022.
Aventura | |||||||||||
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| Brightline station | |||||||||||
 Site of the future Aventura station in July 2020 | |||||||||||
| Location | 19700 West Dixie Highway Ojus, Florida | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25.957455°N 80.147407°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Miami-Dade County | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Brightline | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Florida East Coast Railway | ||||||||||
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| Opening | 2020 | ||||||||||
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As part of the operator's commuter rail plans, the station may act as the northern terminus of the service.[4]
References
- Larsen, Keith (24 January 2020). "Virgin Trains USA buys Aventura station site for $18M". The Real Deal Miami. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- Hanks, Douglas (11 October 2019). "Miami-Dade approves $76 million to bring Brightline trains to Aventura Mall". Miami Herald. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- Lyons, David (20 November 2019). "Brightline says it's on time to open new South Florida stations by next year". Miami Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- Price-Williams, Abigail. "MEMORANDUM" (PDF). Miami Dade County. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
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