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There’s one week left to offer your thoughts and help Hillsborough County transportation planners prepare for a possible ...
Brightline’s heavy losses haven’t gone unnoticed on Wall Street, as three ratings agencies have downgraded the company’s debt ...
TAMPA, Fla. — Brightline announced it will be opening a station on Florida's Treasure Coast in downtown Stuart, with service expected to start in late 2026. In Tampa, leaders have been hyping up ...
A skeptic of passenger rail, the Tampa Republican hadn’t enjoyed her experiences aboard Amtrak, the national rail service. Riding Brightline between Miami and Orlando, however, changed her mind.
Castor wanted an update on what’s next. “I’m excited by the progress that’s being made to bring Brightline to Tampa,” she later said in a statement to the Tampa Bay Times. “The ...
For visiting public and private sector leaders from Tampa who came to South Florida on Monday to tour Brightline’s higher-speed rail system, a conductor’s announcement like that would be music ...
An appropriations request in the Florida Legislature that would have helped pave the way for Brightline's expansion to Tampa has died. Rep. Karen Gonzalez Pittman and Sen. Jay Collins requested $ ...
WELCOMED LEADERS FROM TAMPA TO EXPERIENCE THE NEW CONNECTION BETWEEN SOUTH FLORIDA AND ORLANDO. THIS COMES A LITTLE MORE THAN A MONTH AFTER BRIGHTLINE LAUNCHED SERVICE OUT OF CENTRAL FLORIDA.
“It’s just incredible what Brightline has done for South and Central Florida, and we can’t wait to get it into the Tampa Bay area,” Tampa Mayor Jane Castor told reporters. According to the ...
Transportation leaders are continuing to push for an expansion of Brightline to connect I-4 from Orlando to Tampa. "We have a lot of crashes," Forward Pinellas Executive Director White Blanton said.
To be clear, Brightline isn’t done. The company plans to build on its service to Orlando with a future extension to Tampa 85 miles further west. Plus, company leaders tell The Post they’ll ...
"The issues of traffic congestion, travel time reliability, safety and jobs access are at a critical breaking point in the I-4 corridor," the resolution says. New Chicago-Miami train route would ...