By Ryan Lynch, Staff Writer, Orlando Business Journal; March 28, 2019
The $5 billion Brightline passenger train is expected to have a big impact once it moves into Orlando — but there have been several speed bumps along the way as it transitions to Virgin Trains USA.
Executives of the Miami-based intercity rail company are in the early stages of negotiating with the Central Florida Expressway Authority and Florida Department of Transportation for the right of way for its newest $1.7 billion route between Orlando and Tampa. But there’s still the matter of the rail system securing funding for its $3.7 million Orlando leg, which will take the train from its current destination in West Palm Beach through Cocoa into Orlando International Airport all along about 40 miles of new train tracks.
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