Miami Dade Transit (Florida's Largest Transit Operator)

[Glennwood Road Ent.]

New Thread here 

Well I did a search and there was no general discussion for Miami-Dade Transit, so I figured I'd start one.

Anyway to start this off, apparently  The South Dade BRT Corridor will be opened to the public this summer coming in July 2025.

https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/upgraded-south-corridor-bus-rapid-transit-service-now-expected-to-roll-in-mid-2025/article_f175e60a-c7b7-11ef-84d1-9fd1248b916e.html

And the new 4th bus division in Homestead for 100 EV Artics will be completed next year in 2026.

And almost 2 years ago circa April 2023 the day after Some parts of South Florida got flooded from the storms, here's my 2 photos of Miami-Dade Transit Metromover 57 wrapped in Heineken Livery leaving 1st Station on Biscayne Blvd in Downtown Miami on APRIL 14th during my 2 day business trip.  At the time of two photos were taken in April 2023, only one unit was refurbished; unsure if the rest of the 26 2008-14 Bombardier Innovia APM 100 fleet were refurbished sometime around 2023. 

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Edited June 9 by Glennwood Road Ent.

[Glennwood Road Ent.]

Here's the updates:

https://insider.govtech.com/florida/news/miami-dade-county-may-soon-seek-vendor-for-transit-data

Also historic bus 1017 was removed from MDT Central Division and sent to Medley awaiting deposition to go to EG Scrap Yard in Opa-Locka along with retired 2010 Nabis HEVs and Gillig HEVs

Photo belongs to the original owners, used with permission. 

 

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/miami-dade-commissioner-proposes-bodycams-for-bus-drivers-after-deadly-shooting/3609171/

And here's the updates for South Dade BRT:

https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/at-the-crossroads-of-transit-housing-and-dignity-quail-roost-station-opens-in-cutler-bay/article_a72b7e27-5b48-47c6-a60b-29dd8d7d5003.html

Some of the XE60s are being released when the new Transitway BRT Project comes into action. This’ll be later this year around or after the summer time. 

4-door units numbered in E23500s, E24500s and E25500s series. 

 

At the time of this writing as of May 2025, 10 2005-06 Nabis Gen 1 diesel and 2 2010 Nabis HEVs Gen 2 left in revenue service; the other majority of the units were retired and scrapped in Opa-Locka by EG Truck Parts. 

 

[Glennwood Road Ent.]

Here's the updates:

https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/miami-dade-eyes-replacing-metromover-system-amid-rising-costs-frequent-shutdowns/article_3295ef32-7fe7-4425-b4e1-4e8149a487c1.html

Metromover systems soon to be replaced 

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/743060-another-delay-miami-dades-upgraded-south-corridor-service-now-expected-to-roll-in-late-summer/

South Dade BRT pushed back this coming fall

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/video/tri-rail-train-collides-with-miami-dade-transit-bus-in-opa-locka/

And one unit was involved in accident by tri rail train in Opa Locka. 

[Glennwood Road Ent.]

Continuing with this one for 100 NFI XE60 delivery update including the new 4th bus division construction in Homestead, 

One of the other new units were delivered from few weeks ago at MDT bus yard; Photo credit belongs to John T. Gamble, used with his permission. 

Painted in CNG livery instead of Metro Express Livery from few months ago; Unit E24542 with 4-door configuration for South Dade BRT with clear frameless Thermoguard windows similar to Broward County Units. Numbers started at #E24539 and up. Part of 60 bus order for South Dade BRT numbered #E23500s, E24500s. 

And #E25518 with 2 door configuration assigned for local use in South Miami Dade with clear frameless Thermoguard windows similar to Broward County Units. Part of 40 bus order numbered in #E25500s. 

And the 4th new bus division will be completed by next year. 

Hope I can get some photos of new units when I go to Miami sometime this year. 

[rotjohns]

On 7/20/2025 at 12:50 AM, Glennwood Road Ent. said:

Continuing with this one for 100 NFI XE60 delivery update including the new 4th bus division construction in Homestead, 

One of the other new units were delivered from few weeks ago at MDT bus yard; Photo credit belongs to John T. Gamble, used with his permission. 

Painted in CNG livery instead of Metro Express Livery from few months ago; Unit E24542 with 4-door configuration for South Dade BRT with clear frameless Thermoguard windows similar to Broward County Units. Numbers started at #E24539 and up. Part of 60 bus order for South Dade BRT numbered #E23500s, E24500s. 

And #E25518 with 2 door configuration assigned for local use in South Miami Dade with clear frameless Thermoguard windows similar to Broward County Units. Part of 40 bus order numbered in #E25500s. 

And the 4th new bus division will be completed by next year. 

Hope I can get some photos of new units when I go to Miami sometime this year. 

Nice pics for all of this.  Wild to see a Flxible with roof a/c components.  Never saw that before on a Flxible and I've ridden a ton of them in the past for various transit agencies.

Curious, bus numbering, what's the E stand for?  I assume from a specific garage?

[Busjack]

2 hours ago, rotjohns said:

Curious, bus numbering, what's the E stand for?  I assume from a specific garage?

Looks like same origin as Pace's system, at least for Pace's electric paratransit E22000.

E=electric

24=year

and from cptdb wiki

5=articulated bus [1 is standard bus]

last 2 digits=fleet number.

For instance, the wiki lists 19101 as a natural gas 40', E21189 as a Proterra.

[Glennwood Road Ent.]

20 hours ago, rotjohns said:

 Wild to see a Flxible with roof a/c components.  Never saw that before on a Flxible and I've ridden a ton of them in the past for various transit agencies.

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DLRAqEuM15q/?igsh=djFuenVzZXQzcjBu

Unit 9086: 1990 Flxible Metro B 40102-6C, this unit is still waiting for Florida Certification of Destruction Title at the Metrobus Deposition Facility near the Metro rail Facility to be transported to Opa-Locka for scrap at EG Used Auto Parts. Ask Richard Carrera, the junkyard manager at EG for parts for your big rigs etc. That's where I frequented there plenty times for parts for my clients in the Caribbean region. Located on Alexandria Rd off NW 135th St. 

[Glennwood Road Ent.]

Got a news:

 

https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxO_Yfwx-AZWZxGapiTLlE8BxgiePde5_B?lc=UgyDC82JiMHhjaZMijB4AaABAg.ALKfqF18v71ALL97Wrq0a2

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3692786334199454&set=gm.1490885899009928&idorvanity=462114841887044

 

I heard from a youtube post that the 15500s are shockingly going to be retired once the New Flyer XE60s hit the streets. Why retire the 15500s? They are still some what reliable than the 22100s. The 22100s, 9101 and 9105 should be the ones that should be retired.

 

The 2014s & 2015s are hitting the 12 year mark very soon, but M-D DTPW & BCT are both dealing with sizeable bus fleet reliability issues & shortages. Getting rid of the 14100s Gilligs 40ft 15100s 40ft Nabis, & 15500s 60ft Nabis hybrids prematurely will only exacerbate the problem before retirement. 

 

By next month, the new South Dade BRT Metro Express service will be opened on Sept 29th. 60 NFI XE60s equipped with 4 door configuration. Im going to fly past Miami on my way to California for my vacation. 

 

By the way, someone will confirm the fleet numbers sometime this week. The CPTDB Wiki is still outdated at this point. 

 

I know the pilot units (235XX units), only comprised of a couple. What is the numbering range for the 245XX units & the 255XX units?

 

And APTAtech conference started yesterday and running through Wednesday in Miami. 

[Glennwood Road Ent.]

Got some news

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article312149942.html

Transit fares stay flat as Miami-Dade leaders scrap austerity and pass budget

 

Also the New Metro Express Routes for the new South Dade BRT opening date has been pushed back to next year due to ongoing construction of the 4th new bus division in Homestead for new 100 60ft EV artic bus

[Glennwood Road Ent.]

Got a good update:

New Metro Express service will be launched on October 27th 

[MetroShadow]

On 10/9/2025 at 5:48 PM, Glennwood Road Ent. said:

Got a good update:

New Metro Express service will be launched on October 27th 

Happy Birthday (to me), indeed...

 

/If i could spend my birthday down there, I probably wouldn't.

[Glennwood Road Ent.]

On 10/20/2025 at 3:55 PM, MetroShadow said:

Happy Birthday (to me), indeed...

 

/If i could spend my birthday down there, I probably wouldn't.

Sorry for the late reply, thanks. 

Update: All of the NFI XE60s went to revenue service on the new South Dade BRT route as of this morning. 

[artthouwill]

9 hours ago, Glennwood Road Ent. said:

Sorry for the late reply, thanks. 

Update: All of the NFI XE60s went to revenue service on the new South Dade BRT route as of this morning. 

I watched a YT video.  It's almost like a light rail concept, even with crossing gates at intersection so the bus doesn't have to stop except at stations.  Perhaps if ridership grows enough they may actually build rail 

[Busjack]

On 10/27/2025 at 9:20 PM, artthouwill said:

I watched a YT video.  It's almost like a light rail concept, even with crossing gates at intersection so the bus doesn't have to stop except at stations.  Perhaps if ridership grows enough they may actually build rail 

Below:

This basically shows why it won't happen in the Chicago area. There isn't enough right of way, unless CTA was going to implement my idea of an LRT on S. Michigan unloading directly into the paid area of the 95th station. ,Pulse, with some gussied up bus shelters and a slightly raised platforms, certainly isn't like this. Most of Chicago's experiments on prepay (such as the one Loop Link station) failed. too. And while the NWTC was expanded, nobody built a 6-story parking garage there (only comparable garage is at Cumberland-Blue Line).