Unless things change, I think your best bet would be to get off at Sand Lake, take Link 111 to the Terminal A or B (runs hourly most of the day), and then the APM to the train station.
I'll probably drive. The South economy lot costs $10 a day, and the shuttle from that lot stops at Terminal C.
I scrolled past their tweet about it 3 times until I realized it was a confirmation date.Can't believe nobody has posted this yet. Guess everyone's still asleep.
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I believe I saw somewhere (might have been on another thread here) that the speed on some sections between W. Palm & Cocoa is restricted to 90 mph until additional safety features are installed on the grade crossings.
Maybe a bit of schedule padding to accommodate unforeseen delays for the first couple months? Plus the reduced top speeds that Joel noted?
Thats a bit of a broad stroke. Ive ridden WPB-MIA and WPB-FTL several times in last 36 months and all on time or close enough it didnt matter. Dont know if you have taken a ride but its a good experience imo. Then again there have been lots of incidents which skews performance.
The 2 hour 59 minute travel time was advertised specifically (misleadingly?) for Miami-Orlando express trains. But I have yet to see any evidence that Brightline was ever planning to actually run an express train. Just for comparison, during early planning, 3 hours 2 minutes was the goal with two intermediate stops, FTL and WPB.
they advertise fares, but don't say where to?
I get lots of emails from SWA advertising fares from $49, with no indication where.
I like Brightline and I can't wait to use the service from Orlando to Miami. I think they will be successful and I hope that they are. The "good experience" depends on what you are looking for. The stations themselves add alot to the experience - the nice waiting areas that are beyond secure gates meaning only ticketed passengers definitely adds to the higher-class of experience. The trains themselves are brand new, so naturally they are quite nice. I like the automatic doors and the gap-filler between the train and the platform is great.
2021 November 61,045 0.6 $ 582,979 $ 9.83 $ 9.55 0.8 $13.11
2021 December 95,348 1.3 $1,259,547 $13.63 $13.21 1.6 $13.63
2021 156,393 1.8 $1,842,309 $11.51 $11.78 2.4* $15.34
Year Month Ridership Tix Rev-A Tix Rev-B PPR-A PPR-B Tot Rev Total PPR
2022 January 64,243 1.3 $1,254,666 $20.24 $19.53 1.5 $23.35
2022 February 77,806 1.6 $1,624,589 $20.56 $20.88 1.9 $24.42
2022 March 107,069 2.3 $2,289,135 $21.48 $21.38 2.7 $25.22
2022 April 93,922 1.9 $1,926,340 $20.23 $20.51 2.3 $24.49
2022 May 102,796 2.2 $2,178,247 $21.40 $21.19 2.6 $25.29
2022 June 92,304 1.7 $1,713,162 $18.42 $18.56 2.1 $22.75
2022 July 111,582 1.9 $1,896,894 $17.03 $17.00 2.3 $20.61
2022 August 100,116 1.9 $1,917,221 $18.98 $19.15 2.4 $23.97
2022 September 91,577 1.8 $1,769,268 $19.66 $19.32 2.5 $27.30
2022 October 102,615 2.1 $2,126,183 $20.46 $20.72 3.0 $29.24
2022 November 102,544 2.2 $2,213,925 $21.45 $21.59 3.4 $33.16
2022 December 183,920 3.7 $3,733,576 $20.12 $20.30 5.1 $27.73
2022 1,230,494 24.6 $24,643,207 $19.99 31.8 $25.84
2023 January 156,137 3.5 $3,538,064 $22.41 $22.66 4.7 $30.10
2023 February 151,654 3.7 $3,654,861 $24.39 $24.10 4.7 $30.99
2023 March 179,576 4.7 $4,710,278 $26.17 $26.23 6.5 $36.20
2023 April 151,080 3.4 $3,446,135 $22.50 $22.81 4.9 $32.43
2023 May 168,137 3.5 $3,468,666 $20.82 $20.63 5.2 $30.93
2023 June 149,536 2.7 $2,706,602 $18.06 $18.10 4.2 $28.09
2023 July 156,478 2.8 $2,818,169 $17.89 $18.01 4.3 $27.50
Filing Derived Derived Filing Filing DerivedThis is uncertain, but given that Brightline has generally broken out two lines for South Florida and Long Distance, it seems likely.
I think they are capable of running on time. Problem is, their on-time is 15 minutes between MIA and WPB and 45 minutes between MIA and MCO longer than they are/were advertising.
Do you think local ridership will prevent full utilization of service to Orlando? IE: Will people be prevented from going to Orlando from MIA because too many people booked those seats between MIA and WPB?
Leather and vinyl are much more easy to thoroughly clean than cloth.
Lol Brightline is far from fully private with all the government funding they've gotten. Just wait til they jack up the prices once Orlando starts.
Just getting government funding does not make a company non private though.
I did not say anything about that. Your argument about that is with someone else. Not me.
When you have a profit to defend, you tend to do your best. Any government funding they've received have been in the form of bonds or tax breaks. If you define those as making a company "public" vs "private", you've about identified every business in the country in some form or another.
