UHealth–Jackson station (stylized as UHealth | Jackson) is a station on the Metrorail rapid transit system in the Health District of Miami, Florida. The station is located at the intersection of Northwest 12th Avenue (State Road 933) and 15th Street. UHealth–Jackson provides a convenient connection for University of Miami medical students by connecting the hospital area to the main campus at University Station.
| Metrorail metro station | |||||||||||||||
 View from the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital medical complex and Metrorail train entering the station | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | 1501 NW 12th Avenue Miami, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°47′23″N 80°12′54″W / 25.78972°N 80.21500°W | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Miami-Dade County | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Metrobus: 12, 95, 401 | ||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | CVC | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | December 17, 1984[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| 2011 | 1.7 million[2]  0% | ||||||||||||||
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The station contains a branch of the Miami-Dade Public Library System.[3]
The station opened for service on December 17, 1984 as Civic Center. It was changed to its current name on July 12, 2024.[1][4]
Station layout
editThe station has two tracks served by side platforms. Entrances to the station are on either side of Northwest 12th Avenue, with fare control in a central mezzanine directly below the platform.
Places of interest
edit- Jackson Memorial Hospital
- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
- Veterans Hospital
- LoanDepot Park (1 mile walk south)
- Miami-Dade County Jail
- Miami-Dade Justice Building/Courts
- Florida State Building
- Cedars Medical Center
- Miami-Dade County Health Department
- University of Miami Hospitals and Clinics
- River Landing Shops and Residences
References
edit- ^ a b "Metrorail to Start Nighttime Service". Florida Today. Cocoa, Florida. December 28, 1984. p. 6B. Retrieved September 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "(untitled)". Miami-Dade County.[dead link]
- ^ "Civic Center Porta Kiosk Hours, Location, Events & Contact Info". Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ^ Garcia, Joey (2024-07-15). "UHealth | Jackson Metrorail Station Ushers in New Era of Access". InventUM. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
External links
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Media related to Civic Center (Metrorail station) at Wikimedia Commons- MDT – Metrorail Stations
- entrance from Google Maps Street View
