looking at maps again and WPB&orlando are NEW
you can now see all 4 stations under construction.

April 2016 "BrightLine" Construction Update
 

First V Column Lift At Brightline's West Palm Beach Station at Quadrille Street

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Downtown West Palm Beach :

http://i2.wp.com/www.aguyonclematis....405_083636.jpg
http://i2.wp.com/www.aguyonclematis....405_083636.jpg

Rendering by SOM :

http://www.rockwellgroup.com/assets/...e1_720x405.jpg

Brightline trains taking shape

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfYfAhuW8AEjbBK.jpg:large

Miami Central Station :

• Video Link

Wow! Looks great!!! About time!!!

Keep it up the great work! :tup:

Get it done! ASAP!

ft lauderdale station and new tower
https://scontent-mia1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...59130839_o.jpg

WPB station and New Tower
https://scontent-mia1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...23768041_o.jpg

downtown miami (AAF is center right with new supertall phase 2)
http://https://scontent-mia1-1.xx.fb...69&oe=57C0BD9D

good article about new tower next to AAF miami station
(is it still called All Aboard or is it now Brightline?)
http://www.constructionequipmentguid...der-way/28702/

ok sorry the photo is so large
but kinda funny about the 95 express bus
https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...70938776_o.jpg

mass transit most important man in Tallahassee Gopher tortoise permit
http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/1...aboard-florida

May 2nd. 2016 "BrightLine" Construction Update
 

Downtown West Palm Beach station :

http://gobrightline.com/images/bl/bl...e.jpg?sfvrsn=6
http://gobrightline.com/images/bl/bl...e.jpg?sfvrsn=6

http://gobrightline.com/images/bl/bl...e.jpg?sfvrsn=6
http://gobrightline.com/images/bl/bl...e.jpg?sfvrsn=6


Downtown Fort Lauderdale station :

http://gobrightline.com/images/bl/bl...9.jpg?sfvrsn=6
http://gobrightline.com/images/bl/bl...9.jpg?sfvrsn=6

http://gobrightline.com/images/bl/bl...e.jpg?sfvrsn=6
http://gobrightline.com/images/bl/bl...e.jpg?sfvrsn=6

^In the distance is the FEC
railroad Bascule bridge (the New River that bisects downtown FTL from east to West ) that many in FTL are complaining about that needs to be raised multiple times of days in the future due to BrightLine's trains crossing.

Poor "wealthy sailors" in Ft. Lauderdale ! They have to wait for railroad draw bridge openings ! :D


Downtown Miami Central station :

The elevated 50+ feet columns rising and the train platforms for Brightline and Tri-Rail Commuter trains currently U/C :

http://gobrightline.com/images/bl/bl...e.jpg?sfvrsn=6
http://gobrightline.com/images/bl/bl...e.jpg?sfvrsn=6

http://gobrightline.com/images/bl/bl...e.jpg?sfvrsn=6
http://gobrightline.com/images/bl/bl...e.jpg?sfvrsn=6

^ Above is the Miami Metrorail / MetroMover station on the lower left which will connect with the Brightline Station U/C right above it , the building with the 3 "White bubbles" is the NAP Center of the Americas & the empty lots is part of the 29 acre "Miami World Center" that has just started construction.

http://gobrightline.com/images/bl/bl...e.jpg?sfvrsn=8

^ Looking South towards Brickell

http://gobrightline.com/images/bl/bl...e.jpg?sfvrsn=6
http://gobrightline.com/images/bl/bl...e.jpg?sfvrsn=6

^ Looking SW with Brightline's station rising , the Metrorail cars in Pink & Green in the mid-ground & then the brutalist 510 foot tall Miami-Dade Government Center Building that is built like a nuclear shelter & hurricane proof !

Wow! Nice jobs!!! Keep doing that!!! It's coming along nicely.

GO Brightline! Go! :tup:

nice update on miami station retail
http://www.allaboardflorida.com/docs...ers-5-9-16.pdf
what about the 3miami building?

http://gobrightline.com/buzz
new news and pics

wish there was a webcam....
2miami office tower
http://www.thenextmiami.com/miamicen...ercent-leased/

http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/...da-stat/nrQ4M/
tri-rail miami station still 20 million short......

I'm not really worried about this since Tri-Rail officials have found a way to finally bring the commuter trains directly to downtown Miami.

Thanks to some last-minute legal maneuvering — and Tri-Rail’s decision on Friday to borrow money to close a $20 million funding gap — plans for a downtown Miami station are now once again chugging along.

“The project’s too important for the region, certainly to Miami-Dade, certainly to the city of Miami,” said Jack Stephens, executive director of the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (SFRTA), which runs Tri-Rail. “So it had to happen, but we had to figure out a way to make it happen.”

By the end of 2018, Tri-Rail’s downtown Miami station should be operating — ferrying commuters from north Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. Tri-Rail passengers who want to get to downtown currently have to transfer to Miami-Dade’s Metrorail line in Hialeah, an inconvenience that makes it harder to convince commuters to abandon their cars.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/loca...e73396717.html

Your link did have a nice pic of the Miami Central Station Under Construction in downtown Miami though :

http://media.cmgdigital.com/shared/l...67/Miami-3.jpg
http://media.cmgdigital.com/shared/l...67/Miami-3.jpg

Metrorail & Metromover tracks to the right.

was this new news today (may27)
http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/...lled-sp/nrWLM/

nice video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AnPsTg6BJE

[YOUTUBE]0AnPsTg6BJE[YOUTUBE]

Miami Central station June 2016 construction update
 

Station columns formed and ready to be cast :

http://www.gobrightline.com/images/b...e.jpg?sfvrsn=4

^ Columns rising to 50 feet | 15.24 m , two Metromover train cars in the middle moving under the Metrorail tracks to the right towards Government station.

http://www.gobrightline.com/images/b...e.jpg?sfvrsn=8

^ A "straddle bend" bridges two train capitals.

http://www.gobrightline.com/images/b...e.jpg?sfvrsn=4

^ Columns and walls cast up to lift.

http://i.imgur.com/ixuf0HO.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ixuf0HO.jpg

^ Courthouse buildings in the background , Brightline Rail Station U/C in the center & the Metro Mover / Metrorail tracks on the right foreground.

train porn ? new trains
http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/p...d-coaches.html

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/busin...602-story.html
anybody know how to post this video??

This photo is awesome AF. This is the first major new downtown rail terminal built in almost a century in the US.

Also, I will say that the tilt-up casting system designed by SOM for all the structural components is ingenious. The stations will be unique and architecturally distinctive using the same technique that Wal-Mart uses to build stores cheaply. It's like using this power for good instead of evil...

It also harks back to the original creation of Metrorail, where Harry Weese built the whole system, stations, guideways and all, using standardized precast concrete components to keep costs down.

the Coalition against rail expansion These people need a new hobby

http://floridapolitics.com/archives/...ion-in-florida

good video ANYbody know how to post??

Interesting read about Siemens factory where they are building the trains http://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/10/flori...alifornia.html

Lots of great pictures from the Siemens factory in California.
http://www.app.com/media/cinematic/g...s-being-built/

Wow. I thought this was still in the planning stages. I really need to read some threads more often. Way to go Florida!

Inside the Massive Factory Where Siemens Builds Trains

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david beckham soccer stadium???

What does soccer have to do with trains?:shrug:

Wait. This thing is under construction already?!

Man, California HSR is so. far. behind compared to this!

Easy, there. CA high speed rail is under construction, with considerable activity in the Central Valley. I am excited about the Brightline project and the progress on this is great but the California high speed rail is vastly more complex.

Well Brightline is privately funded and they own the existing railroad right-of-way up until Cocoa.
It then secured leasing the easement rights alongside the Beachline Expressway for 40 Miles from the Central Florida Expressway Authority for $1.4 Million in December of 2015.
It will build new rail tracks from from Cocoa to the Orlando Int'l. Airport.

It's not fair to compare HSR in CA to this. The big difference is private vs. public funding not to mention the geography of both states.

Exactly. Also, Brightline is not, by definition, high-speed rail, but higher-speed rail, whereas California HSR is just that - high-speed. There is a massive difference in the cost of implementing HSR, as opposed to HrSR.

With Brightline, the segment from Miami to West Palm will be 79 MAS, West Palm to Cocoa will be 110 MAS, and the eventual extension to Orlando is slated to be 125 MAS. When complete, the entire 240mi. trip is expected to take 3 hours, for an average overall speed of 80 MPH, certainly better than driving, but not high-speed rail in the true sense. The plans for 16 daily round trips is as much cause for celebration as the increased speeds, perhaps more so.

From a speed/performance point of view, Brightline might have a closer parallel in the CHI-STL Lincoln Service improvements, which will, in Fall 2017, provide 110 MAS from Joliet to Alton (save, perhaps, Springfield), which is 77% of the 284mi. route. IDOT will have to negotiate with Union Pacific on increasing the number of round trips, of which there are currently four (five, if you count the Texas Eagle, which won't be running at 110). Don't think we'll ever see anything close to 16 round trips, I'm afraid.

California HSR will have 220 MAS over nearly 70% of its Phase 1 route. California's requirements for trainsets dictate a sustained speed of 220 MPH; I'm hoping the team laying out and building the track structure was able to future-proof it for potentially higher speeds in the future.

http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/...ivery-f/nrmRz/
new steel in miami / needs more new photos ....

More Construction Updates
 

First V Column Lift At Brightline's Fort Lauderdale Station:

• Video Link

W. Palm Beach station :
http://www.gobrightline.com/images/b...1.jpg?sfvrsn=2
http://www.gobrightline.com/images/b...1.jpg?sfvrsn=2

Downtown Miami Central station :

http://www.gobrightline.com/images/b...e.jpg?sfvrsn=2
http://www.gobrightline.com/images/b...e.jpg?sfvrsn=2

^ The structural steel was trucked to the site from Montana, Brightline said.
Brightline said seven trucks delivered a total of 150 tons of structural steel beams over a two-day period. The beams will serve as the main structural element at the MiamiCentral station.
http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/...ivery-f/nrmRz/

Perfect!!! We will check it out by tomorrow. We're in South Florida. We flew on Delta. We just came in yesterday early evening and we are going back home on Friday.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...620-story.html
new orlando train station AND airport terminal
anybody know how to post this video?

Looking forward to what you saw and reports!

Unfortunately, we didn't have a chance to see it. I have go to MIA Airport to see my friends. I am very sorry about that. I don't have much time. I took on tri-rail to Miami Airport station and then MIA Movers. It was great rides. I haven't rode on Tri-Rail for over a decades. I miss all of those guys. I knows how to used on the bus, trains skills very well.

The Orlando intermodal terminal at OIA is enormous -- this must be one of the largest train terminals under construction in the country.

I also find it amazing that with Brightline, a total of 4 train stations are under construction at the same time in the state of Florida (Miami, Ft Laud, West Palm, Orlando). For a state that has prioritized highway construction over mass transit for decades, this is a big deal.

Are you suggesting that TriRail and SunRail didn't get any State funds at all? That Miami hasn't built two different urban mass transit systems? That Disney World doesn't have the largest and most used monorail system in the USA, and possibly the world? That Amtrak doesn't run three long distance trains to Florida? That's all over and above the privately funded Brightline service being built today?

I'm not suggesting any of those things.

Orlando Intermodal Terminal aerial:
https://scontent.ftpa1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...78856533_o.jpg
Photo Courtesy Orlando International Airport FB Page