Earlington Heights station
Orange Line + Green Line · shared section
2 lines
Orange Line and Green Line
Every 5–8 min
Weekday daytime wait
352 spaces
Park and ride
Step-free
Elevators to all platforms
About Earlington Heights
Earlington Heights is the junction of the Metrorail system. Set in northwest Miami-Dade, it is the point where the branch from Miami International Airport meets the main line, which makes it the one station where the Orange Line and the Green Line genuinely part company rather than simply sharing track. Trains reach it from the airport in about four minutes; Government Center is roughly eleven minutes in the other direction.
The weekend arrangement is what makes this station matter to visitors. On Saturdays and Sundays, and after about 8 pm on weekdays, the Orange Line does not operate through the system; instead a two-stop Airport Shuttle works back and forth between the airport and Earlington Heights, so anyone flying in at a weekend or on a weekday evening changes here onto a Green Line train to continue downtown. A garage of some 352 spaces — the only Metrorail garage open 24 hours — serves park-and-ride users, and the station carries an Art in Transit commission.
Station facts
| Lines | Orange Line + Green Line |
| Address | 2100 NW 41st St, Miami-Dade County, FL |
| Park and ride | 352 spaces (garage) |
| Art in Public Places | Yes — this station carries commissioned artwork |
| Accessibility | Step-free. Every Metrorail station has elevators. |
How often trains call
| Monday to Friday | every 5 min at peaks, 7–8 midday, 30 after about 8 pm |
| Saturday | about every 20 minutes |
| Sunday and holidays | about every 20 minutes |
Orange and Green Line trains both call here on weekdays until about 8 pm, so the wait is roughly half what either line shows on its own. On weekday evenings and at weekends only the Green Line runs through.
Around the station
This is residential northwest Miami-Dade, on NW 41st Street, in the stretch of low-rise houses, churches and small businesses between the Brownsville and Allapattah neighborhoods. There are no visitor attractions at the station itself; what it offers is connections. Local bus routes fan out from the station into the surrounding streets and toward the NW 27th Avenue corridor, Miami International Airport is a few minutes away along the branch line, and Allapattah — the next stop toward downtown, and the gateway to the Civic Center medical district beyond it — is barely two minutes on the train.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. At weekends, and after about 8 pm on weekdays, the airport branch is worked by a two-stop Airport Shuttle that ends at Earlington Heights, so you leave the shuttle here and board a Green Line train to continue to downtown Miami, Brickell or the southern suburbs. On weekdays the Orange Line runs straight through until about 8 pm and no change is needed.
Not for the Orange or Green Line — both run straight through. It is only a terminal for the Airport Shuttle, which turns around here at weekends and after about 8 pm on weekdays.
Yes, a garage with about 352 spaces (the county GIS layer says 93). It is the only Metrorail garage open 24 hours a day and one of three that allow overnight parking, which makes it useful to drivers coming in from far out.
Government Center is about eleven minutes away, and Brickell a couple of minutes beyond that. The fare is $2.25 one-way, or $1.10 at the reduced rate.
Schedules, station data and fares on this page come from Miami-Dade Transit’s published GTFS feed and its official station layer. This is an independent guide and is not operated by Miami-Dade County. Always check the operator’s Metrorail page before you travel.