Brightline Aims to Carry Holiday Travelers to Orlando by Christmas
Photo Caption: Private rail operator Brightline hopes to be carrying passengers to Orlando by Christmas. Brightline
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Brightline backer Fortress Investment is confident that trains will begin rolling, but maybe without passengers, to Orlando in time for the Christmas holidays.
Private rail operator Brightline aims to be running its trains to Orlando by Christmas, as the railroad races to complete work of the line from Miami.
"You're going to have the train running [to] Orlando hopefully by Christmas time," Brightline owner Fortress Investment founder and Co-CEO Wes Edens said at a Washington Post Live event on Tuesday. The railroad has said the extension to Orlando from Miami would open to passengers in early 2023.
When the extension opens, it will be the first modern passenger rail line to connect the two population centers of Florida — Miami and Orlando. The line is expected to be a boon for tourism by allowing travelers, especially those from outside of the U.S. who are more accustomed to riding trains, to visit both the beaches and nightlife of south Florida and the theme parks and golf c
