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Tue Apr 30, 2013, 12:09 PM Apr 2013

Miami-Dade Transit installs info monitors for Metrorail commuters




By ALPHONCE SHIUNDU
ashiundu@miamiherald.com


Miami-Dade Transit has installed liquid crystal display screens at several Metrorail stations to give commuters information about trains’ arrival and departure times.

The monitors display arrival and departure times for the next three trains, and show which trains serve the Green Line (Palmetto to Dadeland South), and which belong to the Orange Line (Dadeland South to Miami International Airport).

The LCD screens are the latest technological improvement on the Metrorail system, which opened in 1984 with a single line. The Orange Line to the airport opened last year.

“We appreciate the public using our transit system, and we understand the need to have accurate, real-time, train-arrival information,” said Miami-Dade Transit Director Ysela Llort.” This is another tool that will make our riders’ lives easier by helping them to better plan their trips on transit.”. .....................(more)

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/29/3371095/miami-dade-transit-installs-info.html#storylink=cpy



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