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Re: Virgin/Brightline Stations on Miami-Orlando line

 by chrsjrcj ¦  Sat Jan 18, 2020 9:21 am ¦  Forum: Brightline Trains LLC (formerly All Aboard Florida and Virgin) ¦  Topic: Brightline Stations on Miami-Orlando line ¦  Replies: 58 ¦  Views: 16826

It's about a 20 minute bus ride between Central Terminal (next to Brightline) and FLL. https://www.broward.org/BCT/Schedules/D ... rt1web.pdf

Re: Virgin/Brightline Stations on Miami-Orlando line

 by chrsjrcj ¦  Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:46 pm ¦  Forum: Brightline Trains LLC (formerly All Aboard Florida and Virgin) ¦  Topic: Brightline Stations on Miami-Orlando line ¦  Replies: 58 ¦  Views: 16826

I do not have an article, but Miami-Dade County today agreed to pay for the Aventura station. One additional requirement is that any development on that site must be 100% workforce housing. Miami-Dade County will own the land, so Virgin does not have to be the developer of that housing per se. It wa...

July 2019 vs July 2018: Ridership - 83,741 +61% (52,162) Revenue - $1.7 million +73% ($1 million) It also looks like ticket prices will dramatically increase on October 1st, likely in anticipation of snow bird season. https://emma.msrb.org/ER1248477-ER976238-ER1377491.pdf August 2019 (2018): Riders...

July 2019 vs July 2018:
Ridership - 83,741 +61% (52,162)
Revenue - $1.7 million +73% ($1 million)

It also looks like ticket prices will dramatically increase on October 1st, likely in anticipation of snow bird season.

https://emma.msrb.org/ER1248477-ER976238-ER1377491.pdf

Re: Getting a last diner meal in the northeast

 by chrsjrcj ¦  Tue Aug 20, 2019 9:36 am ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Getting a last diner meal in the northeast ¦  Replies: 18 ¦  Views: 2970

You don't even need to ride south of D.C. as Amtrak has opened up roomettes for travel between NYP and DC (and intermediate stops) on southbound long distance trains.

The June 2018 numbers are reported in the June 2019 document - https://emma.msrb.org/ES1292024-ES1011003-ES1412346.pdf June 2018: Ridership - 48,619 Average fare per passenger - $12.85 ($15.12 in 2019) Ticket Revenue: $600,000 Ancillary Revenue: $200,000 Total Revenue: $800,000 Looks like revenue is...

Re: Roomettes Now Available for Sale On the NEC

 by chrsjrcj ¦  Sat Jul 13, 2019 12:32 pm ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Roomettes Now Available for Sale On the NEC ¦  Replies: 41 ¦  Views: 6222

I think they still have to consider if I have 10 sleepers and 1 is open, and passenger A wants to go from NYP to Miami, and passenger B wants to go from NYP to WAS, if passenger B buys first, Amtrak loses out. I like the idea of selling space on the LD trains on the NEC on a space available basis, ...

Re: Miami Airport Station

 by chrsjrcj ¦  Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:04 pm ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Amtrak in Miami (Hialeah, Miami Intermodal Center/Airport) ¦  Replies: 267 ¦  Views: 65626

Any update on this “Amtrak” station. I was there today and still its showing a letter that Amtrak is not serving this station. It's pretty safe to say that it will serve an even less useful purpose than the new Viewliner dining cars...as in, it likely ain't gonna happen (especially under the curren...

Re: FEC crossing Florida Turnpike?

 by chrsjrcj ¦  Fri Feb 15, 2019 6:03 pm ¦  Forum: Florida East Coast Railway ¦  Topic: FEC crossing Florida Turnpike? ¦  Replies: 17 ¦  Views: 43398

There is a Tropicana plant that the FEC serves just west of the Turnpike along the K-line. I do believe that South Central Florida Express (the sugar cane train) makes at least weekly trips up to Fort Pierce, but I don't know what exactly the loads are (it's certainly not cane which is just transpor...

IPO shelved for now

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/busine ... 55030.html

Brightline says alternative financing sources became available. Read into it as you wish.

Re: Trip reports

 by chrsjrcj ¦  Sat Feb 09, 2019 8:59 am ¦  Forum: Florida Commuter and Light Rail: Metrorail, Sunrail, Tri-Rail and Proposals ¦  Topic: Trip reports ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 2521

Thanks for the report.

I would recommend getting off Metrorail at Overtown to connect with Brightline. From there, it is a pretty short walk to the station.

I agree with you about the ice box on the new Metrorail equipment. I don’t know why they can’t get the temperature right.

Re: Central FL->MIA

 by chrsjrcj ¦  Wed Feb 06, 2019 2:08 pm ¦  Forum: Florida Commuter and Light Rail: Metrorail, Sunrail, Tri-Rail and Proposals ¦  Topic: Central FL->MIA ¦  Replies: 5 ¦  Views: 2899

Miami Dade Transit Route L serves Amtrak and Miami Beach (although it does not go all the way to South Beach). https://www8.miamidade.gov/transportation-publicworks/routes_detail.asp?route=112" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Alternatively, you could get off Amtrak at Hollywo...

Re: FEC Freight Train Schedules?!?!

 by chrsjrcj ¦  Sat Jan 05, 2019 10:11 am ¦  Forum: Florida East Coast Railway ¦  Topic: FEC Freight Train Schedules?!?! ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 4281

I don't think those schedules on the FEC site will help much, since it's mainly for shippers and when they need to have their trucks dropped off. Off the top of my head, I know train #101 leaves Jacksonville around 1 pm, and normally goes through here around 7 or 8 pm. Train #202 also leaves Miami a...

Fair to say that this thread doesn’t even belong in this forum? FEC Railway and FEC Industries have been separate for a while now, and Brightline has made their first push outside Florida.

Re: Tampa TECO Streetcar ops questions

 by chrsjrcj ¦  Mon Sep 10, 2018 5:02 pm ¦  Forum: Florida Commuter and Light Rail: Metrorail, Sunrail, Tri-Rail and Proposals ¦  Topic: Tampa TECO Streetcar ops questions ¦  Replies: 3 ¦  Views: 6140

I'll take a stab, since it has been a couple weeks and no one else has answered. When I last rode about 7 years ago, we stopped before the crossover and the operator called a dispatcher (not sure if it was directly CSX or a TECO dispatcher who gets permission from CSX). I think there is also a signa...

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