The Brightline Thread

[eleven=11]

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

[bobdreamz]

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

Downtown Miami Central station :


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/

[N830MH]

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.

[eleven=11]

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

[bobdreamz]

Originally Posted by N830MH

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.

Looking forward to what you saw and reports!

[N830MH]

Originally Posted by bobdreamz

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.

[Prahaboheme]

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.

[electricron]

Originally Posted by Prahaboheme

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?

[Prahaboheme]

I'm not suggesting any of those things.

[Prahaboheme]

Orlando Intermodal Terminal aerial:

Photo Courtesy Orlando International Airport FB Page

[eleven=11]

http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/...t-to-pb/nrrGZ/
good update on miami - anybody know how to post the video?

[N830MH]

Originally Posted by eleven=11

http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/...t-to-pb/nrrGZ/
good update on miami - anybody know how to post the video?

Unfortunately, you can't have copy a videos on the threads. Sorry! You must accept it. They have to stays on the website.

[eleven=11]

gonna try to post you tube video again

https://youtu.be/MGPcXC0AX5s

[N830MH]

Originally Posted by eleven=11

gonna try to post you tube video again

• Video Link

Let me help you. It should be okay by now. Okay, it's working now. You have to do copy MGPcXC0AX5s and then click on YouTube with a name of website.

[bobdreamz]

Originally Posted by Prahaboheme

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.

Prahaboheme? Let's also not forget that Florida was created by the expansion of railroads with Henry Flagler & his FEC railroad on the East coast and Henry Plant on the west coast of Florida over a century ago..

Also Sunrail's Phase 3 will connect the Commuter rail line from Sand Lake Rd. to OIA in a couple of years.
Orlando needs some type of LRT also to make both end points functional.

This is a win-win situation for both metros.

[lrt's friend]

Originally Posted by bobdreamz

Prahaboheme? Let's also not forget that Florida was created by the expansion of railroads with Henry Flagler & his FEC railroad on the East coast and Henry Plant on the west coast of Florida over a century ago..

Also Sunrail's Phase 3 will connect the Commuter rail line from Sand Lake Rd. to OIA in a couple of years.
Orlando needs some type of LRT also to make both end points functional.

This is a win-win situation for both metros.

Orlando needs a rail system with frequent service. Orlando is a major North American tourist city. People coming into the airport will not use it if the trains run every 2 hours.

[Lakelander]

A few pics I took this weekend:

Miami Central Station








Fort Lauderdale Station








West Palm Beach Station

[Prahaboheme]

Great pics Lakelander -- I like the consistency in station design for the Miami, Ft Laud, and WPB stations.

[bobdreamz]

Lakelander cool pics and thanks for the update. Does the first pic of the Miami Central station look like it's actually 5 stories above ground?
Also any evidence of the Tri-Rail platforms being built yet?

[N830MH]

Wow! Thank you so much for sharing the pics. It's coming along nicely. Keep it up!