Brightline passenger rail in Florida: Trains whisper, doors swish, bubbly flows

By Kevin Spear, Reporter, Orlando Sentinel; November 14, 2018

There was a hint of disappointment recently on a Brightline train, the privately owned passenger service that started this year between Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, with plans to eventually run to Orlando.

Free champagne had been offered on the boarding platform for passengers with top-tier tickets. But once underway at 79 mph during rush hour, the train attendant’s cart had no French bubbly — only the Italian version, prosecco, which appeared satisfactory for an initially peeved passenger.

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