Reportedly the longest elevated rapid transit system in the nation, Metrorail serves downtown Miami and extends west to Hialeah and south to Kendall, a suburb southwest of the city. With the creation of the downtown Metromover , Miami-Dade County became the world s first community to have a people mover connected to a rail system. Metromover consists of individual motorized cars that run on top of the elevated track. Besides connecting to Metromover, the trains also connect to Metrobus and Tri-Rail.
Stops are approximately every mile along the route.
Seniors, students, and riders with disabilities pay 60 cents with a rail permit. Riders can transfer to Metromover for free at the Government Center and Brickell Avenue stations. Locals call it MetroSnail because the trains run only every 20 minutes. During peak hours it runs every five minutes. Metrorail operates 6am to midnight.