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The Florida High-Speed Corridor is a canceled once-publicly funded high-speed rail project in the U.S. state of Florida reestablished as private enterprise. Initial service would have run between the cities of Tampa and Orlando, with plans to then extend service to South Florida, terminating in Miami. Trains with a top speed of 168 mph (270 km ...
When service began running along the full 235-mile route, between Orlando and Miami, Sept. 22, Brightline CEO Michael Reninger said the Treasure Coast would be next to get a train station.
Brightline terminates at this station after the 170-mile (270 km) Orlando Extension track was built. Trains run up to 125 mph (200 km/h) with a travel time of approximately 3.5 hours from Orlando's airport to Miami. [86] [87] The first test run of the Brightline train into Orlando station happened on May 17, 2022. [88]
On Friday, Sept. 22, the inaugural trip was scheduled to leave the downtown Miami station at 6:41 a.m. for a 3-1/2 journey to the recently finished station at Orlando International Airport.
The high-speed rail service, which launched its South Florida-to-Orlando route Sept. 22, will run many more trains to Central Florida and back.
The original Lakeland station's structure was opened by the South Florida Railroad in 1886 as a two-story wooden edifice that burned down in 1901. The replacement proved to be inadequate for contemporary railroad needs and was replaced in 1910 by the South Florida Railroad's successor, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL), with a one-story brick building.
While construction is underway to Orlando, Brightline is pursuing a $38 million in federal money to help fund its extension from there to Tampa. South Florida train network, Brightline, updates ...
The Lake Monroe and Orlando Railroad was organized in 1875 with a charter to build from the St. Johns River port of Sanford south to Orlando.The South Florida Railroad was incorporated on October 16, 1878, but was unable to obtain a charter until December 9, 1879, when it took over the charter of the Lake Monroe and Orlando, which was in danger of losing its land grants.