HART BRT - North-South Line

North-South Line

The MetroRapid North-South Line consists of an approximately 17.5 mile route along Fletcher Avenue and Nebraska Avenue, from downtown Tampa to Telecom Park, with 59 stations along the line, 26 for each direction. It uses 12 Low-floor buses, and Transit Signal Priority in order to shorten red lights, and lengthen green lights to make transit faster along the line. At major stations, there are ticket vending machines, in order to speed up the boarding process.

Construction of the North-South line began on August 6, 2012 and was largely completed by March, 2013. A two-week soft opening phase took place between May 28, 2013 and June 7, 2013, by which customers could use MetroRapid for free. The line officially began revenue service on June 10, 2013.