Discussion about Florida passenger rail operations including proposals. Official web-sites:
Miami/Dade Metrorail, Sunrail (Orlando), and Tri-County Commuter Rail Authority
For Virgin Rail/Brightline: Virgin Trains Worldwide (includes Brightline)

Moderator: Kurt-Trirail

  by Jeff Smith
 
Local10.com
Planned light rail would connect FLL, Port Everglades — here’s when you could ride

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – People headed from the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to Port Everglades and the Broward County Convention Center could whiz above traffic as part of a planned elevated light rail system.

Broward County Transit officials hope to have rails up and trains moving before the end of the decade. Officials approved the $4.3 billion plan about a year ago.

If all goes according to plans, the three-mile first phase, running from FLL to the Port Everglades and convention center area, would be finished by 2028.
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  by JohnFromJersey
 
This will only be a game-changer if this light rail connects to Brightline and/or Tri-Rail. Is there a proposed map we can view?

Also, over 4 billion dollars to run 3 miles??? Sheesh. Gotta be a new cost-per-mile record for railroad construction