page_title: Transportation in South Florida
section_title: Tri-Rail
hierarchical_section_title: Transportation in South Florida / Rail transportation / Intercity and higher-speed services / Tri-Rail
caption_attribution_description: English: A en:Tri-Rail locamotive in the Hialeah Railyard.
context_page_description: The Greater Miami area, composed of the three counties of Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach, also known collectively as South Florida, is home to a wide variety of public and private transportation systems. These include heavy rail mass transit, commuter rail, automated guideway transit, highways, two major airports and seaports, as well as three county-wide bus networks, which cover the entire urbanized area of South Florida. Census and ridership data show that Miami has the highest public transportation usage of any city in Florida, as about 17% of Miamians use public transportation on a regular basis, compared to about 4% of commuters in the South Florida metropolitan area. The majority of public transportation in Miami is operated by Miami-Dade Transit, which is currently the largest transit system in Florida and was the 14th largest transit system in the United States in 2011.
  South Florida is one of the most densely populated urbanized areas in the United States overall, being bound by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the South Florida Water Management District and the Everglades to the west, with a fairly strict Urban Development Boundary.
context_section_description: Tri-Rail is a 70.9-mile (114 km), 18 station commuter rail train system, operated by the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (SFRTA) that runs north and south through Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties, terminating at Miami International Airport in Miami-Dade County. Tri-Rail is split into six zones. As of 2014, standard fare ranges from US$2.50 to US$11.55 and is determined by the number of zones travelled through and whether it is a one way or round trip. A standard fare of US$100 for a month is also available. Many Tri-Rail stations have free parking facilities, with a total capacity of about 4,000 vehicles, which are known to fill up.
  Tri-Rail proposed adding additional service to a more easterly alignment on the Florida East Coast Railway freight line in a project known as the "Coastal Link." This would bring it closer to the major population centers of South Florida, of which the FEC line passes through about 22. This would also bring it directly into Downtown Miami, where it would terminate at the Virgin MiamiCentral transit hub. Service would also eventually extend northward to Jupiter, which would more than double Tri-Rail's current system length. Currently, Tri-Rail is a financial loss, relying heavily on revenue from shuttle buses and parking at stations because they are not within walking distance.
  In 2015, Tri-Rail's southern terminus moved into a new station at Miami Intermodal Center. In 2017, the SFRTA voted to contract out operations to Herzog Transit Services for a 10-year contract beginning in July of that year.
caption: A Tri-Rail locomotive and experimental DMU coach in the CSX Hialeah Yard
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