Tri-Rail service will be coming to downtown Miami by the end of this year.

The new service is on track to begin by the end of 2017 now that federal officials have signed off on the plan, according to a press release from Tri-Rail.

Of 50 daily trains that now run from Palm Beach County, 26 will terminate at MiamiCentral. The remaining 24 trains will continue to Miami Airport as they currently do.

Day one ridership for the new route to MiamiCentral is estimated at 2,000 passengers, according to the Tri-Rail website.

All Aboard Florida is preparing to begin separate express Brightline service from MiamiCentral to Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach later this year. Plans for a Tri-Rail Coastal Link along the same tracks with local service from Miami to Jupiter are also in the works.