Could America’s next high-speed trains be manufactured in the Southern Tier after all? In May, Brightline West named Siemens Mobility the preferred bidder to construct a fleet of 10 “American Pioneer 220” high-speed trainsets that will connect Las Vegas and southern California. Siemens won the bid over Alstom, which would have manufactured the trains in […]
If you regularly ride Brightline to work in South Florida, the cost of your commute is about to soar. The private company that runs the fast yellow trains announced it would no longer sell a package of 40 one-way rides starting at $399. Instead, Brightline will offer 10 one-way rides between Miami and Fort Lauderdale […]
Getting from Las Vegas to Southern California in a high-speed bullet train might sound like a thing of the future, but Brightline West is working on making it a reality. Construction is currently under way for Brightline West, a 218-mile railway system that will connect a Los Angeles suburb to Sin City, turning a 4-hour […]
Brightline West will officially break ground this month on its $12 billion high-speed rail project between Las Vegas and Southern California. The historic groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Monday at the future Brightline West station site in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Brightline West’s flagship station will be located on […]
MARTIN COUNTY — A pedestrian reportedly struck by a Brightline train Thursday was flown to a local hospital with serious injuries, according to Martin County Fire Rescue. Crews about 6:45 p.m Thursday went to the incident along Southeast Dixie Highway south of the Stuart Yacht & Country Club, Martin County Fire Rescue stated on social […]
Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal. Brightline soon will add additional passenger train cars for its trips between Orlando and Miami. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS In its February ridership report released late in the day March 20, the Miami-based […]
Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal. Brightline soon will add additional passenger train cars for its trips between Orlando and Miami. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS In its February ridership report released late in the day March 20, the Miami-based […]
DELRAY BEACH — A Brightline train struck and killed a woman in Delray Beach late on Tuesday, March 5, police said. The city did not immediately identify the woman, who witnesses described as being on the tracks near Atlantic Avenue before the crash. The fatal wreck happened at about 11:30 p.m., police said. Witnesses told […]
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – The project to bring a high-speed rail system that will connect Las Vegas to Southern California is moving forward. Brightline West field investigation work is underway along the I-15 near Primm and Jean which could cause minor traffic delays soon. Drivers are asked to proceed with extra caution through work zones […]
FORT PIERCE — One of the cities vying for the Treasure Coast’s lone Brightline station has launched a new way to market itself to the company and its residents: a podcast. The “Next Stop Fort Pierce” podcast launched its first episode Tuesday and is hosted by city Marketing and Communications Manager Kaitlyn Ballard. First episode […]
From the Crane Creek promenade in Melbourne, the flashing yellow and white of the Brightline train appears as a blur, a totem of the future and of progress whipping onward as it carries passengers to their destinations in South Florida and Orlando. But for some, the passenger rail hurtling northbound and southbound through Brevard County […]
FORT LAUDERDALE Fla. (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday it will investigate two crashes involving Florida’s Brightline train that killed three people at the same railroad crossing on the high speed train’s route between Miami and Orlando. The crashes happened Wednesday and Friday at a crossing along the U.S. 1 corridor in […]