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Articles are again popping up about the proposed fast trains on the FEC from Miami to Orlando. As I've stated twice on Trains' website, from Cocoa west to Orlando, there is no roadbed, no track, no rail bridge over the St.Johns River, and no environmental impact study for crossing wetlands. A 2014 start? I'd say it's more like the year 2020. Even by occupying the median of the Beach Line, State Route 528, I can't imagine a start-up that quickly.
notelvis Member # 3071
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It would be interesting to see whether this happens.
New Mexico extended commuter service to Santa Fe relatively quickly laying new track down the median of I-25 so, absent significant opposition, it can be done.
The FEC has engaged the gentleman who managed California's Capitol Corridor during that operation's rapid growth so they seem to be doing more than just floating a trial balloon.
What I don't fully understand - perhaps Gilbert Norman will weigh in - is just what is in this for the FEC and why they are suddenly seeming so interested in carrying passengers.
Gilbert B Norman Member # 1541
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They're not ("King Henry the Flagman" would be proud of the showmanship)
Simply because some party is now prepared to develop the real estate holdings of FEC in Downtown Miami (beneath the Court House that Henry passed off to the world was his train station - it wasn't) doesn't mean that privately financed passenger train service will add enough value to the real estate holdings to justify the cost of such.
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