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High-speed trains now rolling between Miami and Orlando

The Brightline train is a $5 billion bet by owner Fortress Investment Group that eventually 8 million people annually will take the 3.5-hour, 235-mile trip between Miami and Orlando.

By Associated Press and Orlando Sentinel

Sept. 22, 2023

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ORLANDO SENTINEL VIA AP

The first Brightline train to Miami for the debut of service from Orlando International Airport arrives in the station early Friday, Sept. 22. The high-speed Orlando-Miami route marks the first new privately-owned inter-city passenger service to roll out in the U.S. in 100 years.
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Brightline CEO Mike Reininger speaks before the first passenger train service leaves the Miami Central station to Orlando Friday, Sept. 22.
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Brightline conductor Megan Olshefki boards the train on its inaugural route from Miami to Orlando Friday, Sept. 22.
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Passengers walk to board the first train service from Miami to Orlando Friday, Sept. 22, in Miami.
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Brightline president Patrick Goddard welcomes train engineer Geoffrey Kepka as the first Brightline train to Miami prepares to depart in the debut of service from Orlando International Airport, early Friday, Sept. 22.
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Brightline president Patrick Goddard talks to media as the first Brightline train to Miami prepares to depart in the debut of service from Orlando International Airport, early Friday, Sept. 22.
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Passengers celebrate as the first Brightline train to Miami for the debut of service from Orlando International Airport pulls out of the station, early Friday, Sept. 22.
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Passengers celebrate as the first Brightline train to Miami for the debut of service from Orlando International Airport pulls out of the station, early Friday, Sept. 22.
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At the Miami Brightline station, a young passenger plays in front of an advertisement for Orlando on the debut of Orlando-to-Miami roundtrip service, Friday, Sept. 22.
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Passenger Costanza Perez waits with her family and her pet Pomeranian "Lucy" in Miami for the Brightline train from Miami to Orlando on the debut of service, Friday, Sept. 22.
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A Disney fan arrives in Miami on the first Brightline train from Orlando on the debut of service from Orlando International Airport, early Friday, Sept. 22.
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Passengers arrive in Miami on the first Brightline train from Orlando on the debut of service from Orlando International Airport, Friday, Sept. 22.

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