Fort Lauderdale to Miami train

Trains from Fort Lauderdale to Miami start at €22.88 and take 3h 3m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Fort Lauderdale to Miami starts at €22.88 and takes 3h 3m door to door, run by 2 operators over 183 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 22, 2026Priced for October 7, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 3mDoor to door
  • 1h 33mMoving
  • €23.43 to €49.84From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 3Per day
  • 7.5 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 7, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€23.43 to €49.84 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

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

  1. about €48.19Wed23
  2. about €49.84Thu24
  3. about €46.54Fri25
  4. about €42.69Sat26
  5. about €35.54Sun27
  6. about €32.24Mon28
  7. about €30.03Tue29
  8. about €27.84Wed30
  9. about €31.68Thu1
  10. about €27.83Fri2
  11. about €31.69Sat3
  12. about €31.13Sun4
  13. about €27.28Mon5
  14. about €23.43Tue6

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 7, 2026

Cheapest€22.88
  1. Brightline B814207:3039m08:09Fort LauderdaleWest Palm Beach
  2. Brightline B311308:5554m09:49West Palm BeachMiamiCentral

Changes at West Palm Beach, with 46 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 3h 3mCO2 6.0 kgChanges 1Refundable

Lowest CO2€25.08
  1. South Florida Regional Transportation Authority SF908507:3029m07:59Fort LauderdaleBoynton Beach
  2. South Florida Regional Transportation Authority SF138509:3450m10:24Boynton BeachMiamiCentral

Changes at Boynton Beach, with 95 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 3h 38mCO2 4.9 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

The train gets you into Miami. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Miami for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from MiamiCentral and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

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.

  1. €21.7890 days
  2. €24.5360 days
  3. €22.8845 days
  4. €23.9830 days
  5. €23.9821 days
  6. €23.4314 days
  7. €30.037 days
  8. €46.543 days
  9. €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 most expensive lead time is 121 percent. The most expensive 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €31.13Sun
  2. €27.28Mon
  3. €23.98Tue
  4. €27.84Wed
  5. €31.68Thu
  6. €27.83Fri
  7. €31.69Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Fort Lauderdale

Rail
  • Fort Lauderdale
  • Fort Lauderdale station
  • Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Tri-Rail station

Miami

Rail
  • MiamiCentral
  • Miami station
  • Hialeah Market
The journey

What the journey looks like

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 183 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Fort Lauderdale at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Fort Lauderdale to Miami

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 the Train from Fort Lauderdale to Miami take?

The Train from Fort Lauderdale to Miami takes 3h 3m door to door, of which 1h 33m is spent moving. The route runs 183 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Fort Lauderdale to Miami cost?

The Train from Fort Lauderdale to Miami starts at €22.88 for one passenger, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare is €25.08. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Fort Lauderdale to Miami?

2 operators run the Train from Fort Lauderdale to Miami: South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, Brightline. Between them they file around 3 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Fort Lauderdale to Miami use?

The Train from Fort Lauderdale to Miami leaves from Fort Lauderdale and arrives at MiamiCentral. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Train from Fort Lauderdale to Miami?

Fares for the Train from Fort Lauderdale to Miami bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €21.78. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 121 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Fort Lauderdale to Miami produce?

The Train from Fort Lauderdale to Miami produces about 7.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 183 km, which works out at roughly 41 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Fort Lauderdale to Miami?

Operators on the Train from Fort Lauderdale to Miami publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 3m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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 labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Fort Lauderdale to Miami on September 22, 2026: 183 km of route against 39 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €22.88, and 3h 3m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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