Brightline ridership and revenue continues to surge, the company told investors last week.
Through the first six months of 2023, there were a total of 956,120 passengers who rode Brightline – up 78% from the same period in 2022 when there were 538,140 passengers.
Revenue for the company is rising even faster, up 129% in the first half of 2023 to $30.2m (compared to $13.2m in the first six months of 2022).
A Brightline forecast in 2017 had projected 2.9 million passengers on the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach route, but an analysis by a bond rating firm had projected the service could still be profitable with much fewer passengers.
Service to Orlando remains on track to begin this summer, last week’s investor report said.
