The Miami Beach Trolley in North Beach: How We Use the Free Collins Express

The line that matters up here

The Collins Express is the trolley you'll use from North Beach. It runs north and south along the Collins corridor, from Washington Avenue and Lincoln Road in South Beach to 88th Street, and it stops near the Miami Beach Bandshell and North Beach Oceanside Park. It's free.

Service runs daily from 8am to 11pm, roughly every 20 minutes. After 11pm, plan on a rideshare back to us.

Changing lines

The city runs four trolley routes: the Collins Express, the Middle Beach Loop, the North Beach Loop and the South Beach Loop. For anything off Collins, you ride the Express and change.

Our usual example is the Miami Beach Botanical Garden at 2000 Convention Center Drive. Take the Collins Express southbound from North Beach, transfer to the Middle Beach Loop, and allow 45-60 minutes including the wait and the change. The same trip by car or rideshare takes 15-25 minutes, depending on traffic.

When we'd take a car instead

The trolley is the patient option, and we like it for that. If you're short on time, or heading home after 11pm, a rideshare is quicker. For anything within a 15-20 minute walk of our gate on Harding Avenue, North Beach Oceanside Park included, we'd simply walk.

Ask us at the desk for the nearest Collins Express stop. We're there around the clock.