Fort Lauderdale to Miami runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €22.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 2h 57m over 226 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €22.88, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 7 October 2026
€22.88
- 121%Moves across the booking window
121%When it runs, leaving Fort Lauderdale
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
3
0%Departure times on this route
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €48.19Wed23
- about €49.84Thu24
- about €46.54Fri25
- about €42.69Sat26
- about €35.54Sun27
- about €32.24Mon28
- about €30.03Tue29
- about €27.84Wed30
- about €31.68Thu1
- about €27.83Fri2
- about €31.69Sat3
- about €31.13Sun4
- about €27.28Mon5
- about €23.43Tue6
- about €22.88Wed7
- about €29.48Thu8
- about €27.28Fri9
- about €23.43Sat10
- about €27.28Sun11
- about €23.98Mon12
- about €23.98Tue13
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
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A room in Miami for the night the train gets in
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When to book Fort Lauderdale to Miami
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €21.7890 days
- €24.5360 days
- €22.8845 days
- €23.9830 days
- €23.9821 days
- €23.4314 days
- €30.037 days
- €46.543 days
- €48.191 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €21.78.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 121 percent. The dearest point is €48.19, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Fort Lauderdale to Miami and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
226 km
39 km as the crow flies, 479% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
183,146 → 487,014
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 226 km against 39 km in a straight line, a detour of 479 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at West Palm Beach, Port Saint Lucie, Boynton Beach. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near MiamiCentral
Most of the points near MiamiCentral open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Fort Lauderdale to Miami
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Fort Lauderdale to Miami?
The fastest journey from Fort Lauderdale to Miami takes 2h 57m door to door, of which 1h 33m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 49m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Fort Lauderdale to Miami?
The cheapest fare from Fort Lauderdale to Miami is €22.88, as of 22 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €36.64. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Fort Lauderdale to Miami?
The cheapest way from Fort Lauderdale to Miami is by train, at €22.88 for one passenger on 7 October 2026. That journey takes 3h 3m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Fort Lauderdale to Miami?
Fares from Fort Lauderdale to Miami bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €21.78. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 121 percent, measured on 22 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Fort Lauderdale to Miami?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Fort Lauderdale to Miami, at €23.98. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 22 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Fort Lauderdale to Miami?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Fort Lauderdale to Miami, at €21.77 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Fort Lauderdale to Miami?
2 operators sell services from Fort Lauderdale to Miami across 1 mode: Brightline, South Florida Regional Transportation Authority. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Fort Lauderdale to Miami?
0 percent of the services we sell from Fort Lauderdale to Miami are direct. The rest connect at West Palm Beach, Port Saint Lucie, Boynton Beach, with about 46 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Fort Lauderdale to Miami use?
Services from Fort Lauderdale to Miami by train leave from Fort Lauderdale and arrive at MiamiCentral. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Fort Lauderdale to Miami?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Fort Lauderdale to Miami allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Fort Lauderdale to Miami on 22 September 2026: 226 km of route against 39 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €22.88, and 2h 57m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The two ends, compared
Fort Lauderdale reaches 125 places in 26 countries on services we hold, over distances from 27 to 9,578 km. Miami reaches 196 places in 61 countries, from 39 to 12,612 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Fort Lauderdale
- 125Places you can leave for
- 26Countries
- 28Operators
26
28Arriving in Miami
Leaving Miami
- 196Places you can leave for
- 61Countries
- 76Operators