is the train as easy as it looks?

[katke]

Questions for people that have taken the Tri Rail between PBI FLL and MIA? Is it easy? How about the shuttle needed train to airport?

[fireofficer5]

FLL and MIA have free shuttles to/from the airport and the train station.

 

The train is two steps up to board.

 

MIA is seamless, terminal to train.

 

This beats traveling on I95.

[Lido_Deck]

Questions for people that have taken the Tri Rail between PBI FLL and MIA? Is it easy? How about the shuttle needed train to airport?

 

No, you have to catch shuttles to and from FLL as well as to and from PBI to or from the train stations. On weekends there are only one train and one shuttle per hour so you sometimes have long waits.

[fwbgirlie]

We did it about 2 years ago. We flew into PBI and caught the shuttle to the Tri-rail station. Unfortunately there was a bad accident with a car and a tri-rail train earlier that morning so it delayed all of the trains. We finally made it to our stop in Ft. Lauderdale probably 2 hours later and took a taxi to our hotel. On the return trip we self disembarked and took a taxi to the tri-rail station and had a good ride up to West Palm Beach took the the shuttle to PBI and had plenty of time to spare to catch our flight home.

 

With that said, I would do it again but make sure to allow for unexpected issues. Luckily ours was on the way down to our hotel so we didn't have a problem with it but it did have me a little worried about the return trip but it turned out fine.