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Tri-Rail train on the former Seaboard-All Florida Railway in 2011. Tri-Rail service began on the South Florida Rail Corridor in January 1989. While initially intended to be temporary, it eventually became a permanent service. CSX continued to maintain and provide dispatching for the line up until 2015, when FDOT took over those responsibilities.
The legislation also replaced the Florida High-Speed Rail Authority with the Florida Rail Enterprise, a new agency created under the FDOT, responsible for construction, maintenance, and promotion of the state's high-speed rail system, as well as development and operation of publicly funded passenger rail systems in general. [18]
Brightline (reporting mark BLFX) is an intercity rail route in the United States that runs between Miami and Orlando, Florida. Part of the route runs on track owned and shared by the Florida East Coast Railway. Brightline is the only privately owned and operated intercity passenger railroad in the United States. Its development started in March ...
The Florida East Coast Railway depot in Sebastian.The structure was built in 1893. Beginning in 1892, when landowners south of Daytona petitioned him to extend the railroad 80 miles (130 km) south, Flagler began laying new railroad tracks; no longer did he follow his traditional practice of purchasing existing railroads and merging them into his growing rail system.
This is a route-map template for rail transport in Florida, a United States transportation network.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
Already bankrupt, the Florida East Coast Railway was financially unable to rebuild the destroyed sections. The roadbed and remaining bridges were sold to the State of Florida, which built the Overseas Highway to Key West, using much of the remaining railway infrastructure. Many of the original bridges were replaced during the 1980s.
The Orange Belt Railway was completed in 1886 and the Florida Midland Railway was completed around the same time. Those lines would also become part of the Plant System and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The line from Ocoee to Winter Garden was built by the Tavares and Gulf Railroad, which was a subsidiary of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad.
Seaboard Air Line Railway: Florida Central and Western Railroad: SAL: 1882 1884 Florida Railway and Navigation Company: Florida Coast and Gulf Railway: FEC: 1892 1892 Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway: Florida, Georgia and Western Railway: SAL: 1891 1895 Tallahassee Southeastern Railway: Florida Midland Railway: ACL: 1883 1896