Aventura station

Aventura station is a Brightline station in Ojus, Florida.^[1][2] It is located on West Dixie Highway, west of the Aventura Mall and the city of Aventura.

Aventura
Aventura station in April 2023
General information
Location	19796 West Dixie Highway Ojus, Florida United States
Coordinates	25.957455°N 80.147407°W / 25.957455; -80.147407
Owned by	Miami-Dade County
Operated by	Brightline
Line(s)	Florida East Coast Railway
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Brightline+ to Aventura Mall Metrobus: 3, 9, 95, 100, 183, 199, 203, BALHVL BCT: 1, 28, 101
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes; paid
Bicycle facilities	Racks
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	December 24, 2022
Services
Preceding station Brightline Following station Fort Lauderdale toward Orlando Brightline MiamiCentral Terminus
Location

Inter-city service is provided to MiamiCentral in about 17 minutes, and trains run as far north as Orlando.

Description

The station is 34,000 square feet (3,200 m²) on a 3-acre (1.2 ha) site. There are 240 parking spaces at the Aventura station, as well as a Miami-Dade Transit bus drop-off.^[3] Complimentary shuttle service is available to and from the mall. Brightline will also be constructing a pedestrian bridge linking the platform to the Aventura Mall directly across Biscayne Boulevard.^[4][5][6]

The infill station is expected in the future to serve as the terminus of planned commuter rail services in Miami-Dade County and Broward County. The Miami-Dade Northeast Corridor Rapid Transit Project line would run between Aventura and MiamiCentral,^[7][8] and the Broward line would operate as far north as Deerfield Beach.^[9][10]

History

The station is built on land purchased by Brightline (then known as Virgin Trains USA) and donated to Miami-Dade County, which funded a portion of the construction with $76 million.^[11] A groundbreaking ceremony was held September 3, 2020. Prior to Brightline's ongoing suspension of service due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the station had been expected to open in the fall of 2021.^[12] A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on December 20, 2022.^[13] Despite a scheduled opening date of December 21, 2022, passenger service did not begin until a few days later, on December 24, 2022, due to some last-minute finishing touches to the station.^[14]

In July 2025, it was announced that construction on the pedestrian bridge between the station and the Aventura Mall directly across Biscayne Boulevard would commence later that summer or in the early fall, eliminating the need for passengers to walk over 1 mile (1.6 km) between the two or call a taxicab.^[5][6]