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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 2012 as All Aboard Florida by Florida East Coast Industries, a Floridian real estate developer owned by Fortress Investment Group.
1918 maps of the railroad. The East and West Coast Railway was a railroad line running from Bradenton on the west coast of Florida southeast to Arcadia in the Peace River valley. Despite its name, the line never went all the way to the east coast of Florida. [1] The line was often used to transport mail, lumber, grain and other commodities. [2]
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway: East Florida Railway: ACL: 1880 1884 Savannah, Florida and Western Railway: East Florida and Atlantic Railroad: SAL: 1891 1893 Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad: East and West Coast Railway: E&WC SAL: 1913 1945 Seaboard Air Line Railroad: Fellsmere Railroad: 1911 1924 Trans-Florida Central Railroad
Authorities in the United States maintain various definitions of high-speed rail. The United States Department of Transportation, an entity in the executive branch, defines it as rail service with top speeds ranging from 110 to 150 miles per hour (180 to 240 km/h) or higher, [10] while the United States Code, which is the official codification of Federal statutes, defines it as rail service ...
The line was initially promoted (as the East West Rail Link) by the East-West Rail Consortium, a consortium of local authorities and interested bodies along the route. In 2013 it was adopted by the Department for Transport and, in late 2017, the government announced that it would be delivered by a quango , the East West Railway Company , rather ...
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.
East Georgia Railway: 1916 East Georgia and Florida Railroad: ACL: 1881 1888 Savannah, Florida and Western Railway: East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad: SOU: 1848 1869 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad: East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad: SOU: 1869 1886 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway: East Tennessee ...
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]