Miami’s Amtrak station is the southern end of the railroad’s Florida network and the busiest staffed Amtrak facility in the state’s south, with 89,470 passengers in fiscal year 2025. It stands in the Hialeah area rather than downtown, on the site of the old Seaboard Coast Line yards.
For most passengers the station is a boarding point for a long journey rather than a destination: two daily long-distance trains call, and both run north for more than a thousand miles.
Location and Accessibility of Miami Amtrak Station
Amtrak lists the station at:
8303 NW 37th Avenue, Miami, FL 33147
That places it northeast of Miami International Airport in the Hialeah area, well north of downtown Miami. Earlier versions of this page gave the 33166 postcode, which does not match Amtrak’s own listing.
Road access predominates, and Amtrak lists same-day and overnight parking with fees that may apply — although its hours table for this station states there is no parking at this location, so the two Amtrak listings contradict each other and parking should be confirmed before relying on it.
Transit connections are a short walk away rather than at the door. A few blocks southwest lie the Tri-Rail Metrorail Transfer Station and the Metrorail Tri-Rail Station, which give access to Metrorail and Tri-Rail commuter trains, and Metrobus serves the Amtrak station directly.
| Station: | Miami Station |
| Station Code: | MIA |
| Contact Number: | 1-800-872-7245 |
| Email: | etickets@amtrak.com |
| Lost and Found: | Online Form |
| Police: | +1-800-331-0008 |
| Working Hours: | Ticket office, waiting room and checked baggage daily 6:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. |
| Nearby Airport: | Miami International Airport (MIA) |
| Website: | https://www.amtrak.com/home |
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MIA Amtrak Station Layout Map
Further, this is a detail-oriented visual representation of Amtrak’s Miami Station. The map shows the station building, its platform and the surrounding Hialeah street pattern.
Routes and Train Services
Amtrak’s station listing names two long-distance services at Miami:
- Silver Meteor (New York – Miami)
- Floridian (Chicago – Miami via Washington, D.C. and Tampa)
Both run the length of the eastern seaboard. The Silver Meteor, introduced in 1939 as the first diesel-powered streamliner between New York and Florida and once the Seaboard Air Line’s flagship, still works the New York–Miami route; the Floridian began on 10 November 2024, formed by joining the former Capitol Limited and Silver Star into one Chicago–Miami train.
No commuter or regional Amtrak service uses the station. Tri-Rail handles local travel up the coast toward Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach from the transfer station a few blocks away.
With two daily departures northbound and two arrivals southbound, the choice of travel times is narrow compared with air service from the airport a few miles south, and holiday periods sell out well in advance.
Facilities and Amenities at Miami Amtrak Station
The station is compact but fully staffed. Amtrak lists a ticket sales office, restrooms, vending machines, payphones and an ATM, with checked baggage service, checked baggage storage, baggage carts and baggage assistance provided by station staff. Bag storage carries a fee, and bike boxes and shipping boxes are sold. There is no Quik-Trak kiosk, no elevator and no Wi-Fi.
- Two-storey indoor waiting room with seating, open 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. daily
- Staffed ticket counter; Amtrak lists no self-service Quik-Trak kiosk here
- Restrooms, listed as available and accessible
- Vending machines and an ATM; no restaurant or shop
- Parking listed as available for a fee, though Amtrak’s hours table contradicts this
- Accessible platform served by a wheelchair lift, plus a station wheelchair
There are no shops or restaurants beyond the vending machines. Amtrak’s advice reflects the staffed services rather than the retail: arrive at least 60 minutes before departure when checking baggage or needing ticketing or assistance, and at least 30 minutes otherwise. Boarding gates close five minutes before departure time.
Accessibility is comprehensive for a building of this age. Amtrak lists an accessible platform, accessible restrooms, an accessible ticket office, an accessible waiting room and an accessible water fountain, with both a station wheelchair and a wheelchair lift available. The platform is low-level, so boarding uses the lift rather than level access.
Passenger Experience at MIA Amtrak Station
The waiting room is the building’s defining feature: a two-storey space with large expanses of glass under a cantilevered roof, built to one of the standard designs Amtrak introduced in the 1970s to give the new railroad a consistent identity. Design priorities were function, flexibility and cost rather than display.
Inside, passengers check in at the counter and wait in that two-storey room until boarding is called. The published hours for the waiting room, ticket office, passenger assistance and checked baggage are identical: 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. every day.
Operational Context: Why Services Are Structured This Way
The station’s position and service pattern both follow from infrastructure. Amtrak owns the building, the platform and the parking, but the Florida Department of Transportation owns the track, and the station sits on the former Seaboard Coast Line alignment rather than on the coastal corridor that carries commuter and Brightline services.
That constrains scheduling. Long-distance trains arriving from Jacksonville and Tampa must thread into a corridor shared with freight and commuter operations, so the two daily services are timed around slots rather than around local convenience.
Those realities explain why a city of Miami’s size has a modest Amtrak terminal: the facility was sized in 1978 for two long-distance trains, and the service level has not changed enough to warrant a larger one.
Travel Tips for Passengers
- Arrive 60 minutes early when checking baggage, 30 minutes otherwise, as Amtrak advises
- Book well ahead for holiday travel, since only two trains leave each day
- Use rideshare, taxi or Metrobus; the Metrorail and Tri-Rail stations are a few blocks southwest
- Bring food and water, because the station has vending machines but no dining
- Check the timetable carefully, as the staffed window runs only 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Travellers familiar with the station treat the 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. staffed window as the practical constraint, since a train scheduled outside it arrives at a building without an open counter.
Regional Importance of the Station
Even with two daily frequencies, the station carries the whole of Amtrak’s traffic to and from South Florida and is the only point in the region where a long-distance Amtrak train can be boarded.
It also matters historically. The station opened in June 1978 at a cost of $5.7 million, replacing the former Seaboard Air Line station at NW 7th Avenue and Perimeter Road in Allapattah, which was later demolished. More than a thousand people attended the dedication, and the first train to leave was the Silver Meteor, which departed just before the ceremony began.
Future Outlook
Future change in South Florida rail is likely to come from the corridor rather than the building. The Floridian’s creation in 2024 already altered Miami’s service pattern once, and the station had an identical twin in Midway Station, opened the same year to serve Minneapolis and St. Paul, which shows how standardised — and how replaceable — this design was intended to be.
FAQs
Amtrak lists the station at 8303 NW 37th Avenue, Miami, FL 33147, in the Hialeah area northeast of Miami International Airport.
Amtrak takes fare and reservation calls on 1-800-872-7245. The Miami ticket office is staffed daily from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Yes. Amtrak’s facility data for Miami lists unaccompanied child travel as allowed, which follows from the staffed ticket office and baggage service on site.
Yes. Amtrak lists both checked baggage service and checked baggage storage at Miami, available daily from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., with a fee for bag storage.
Miami International Airport (MIA) is the nearest, a few miles southwest of the station; the Amtrak facility stands northeast of the airport in the Hialeah area.