Brightline’s Tracks To Orlando Nearly Complete: Testing Begins At 125 MPH

Brightline has begun testing its brand new tracks, as it prepares to begin operations to Orlando.

Test trains on the newly built tracks are running at 125 miles per hour, the company said.

The new segment is around 35 miles, running from Cocoa to Orlando International Airport.

The tracks are fenced off, with no public road or other grade crossings, allowing the high speeds.

Testing will continue throughout the Spring, Brightline said.

Brightline has already conducted testing on the tracks from its existing system in Palm Beach to Cocoa.

Trains have been tested at 110 miles per hour on that segment.

The launch of service to Orlando is expected in the second quarter of this year. Five new trainsets needed for the service have already been delivered, and the Orlando station is expected to reach completion this month.

To see a video of the first day of testing by The Roaming Railfan, click here.

 

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Anonymous
6 months ago

Can’t wait for this service to start

Anonymous
6 months ago

I wish it was a true high-speed train and run at 180 to 230 mph.

Anon
6 months ago

One step at a time. This is huge for FL and honestly the United States as well, thought I’m hoping that changes SOON

Anonymous
6 months ago

Eventually It would need grade separation to be built from Miami to Coca Beach. I doubt Brightline will want to pay for that.

Anonymous
6 months ago

If geniuses keep getting hit at crossings while barriers are down, or crossing at outside designated crossings, which is technically trespassing, maybe they will elevate parts of it for true high-speed rail rather than deal with high-speed stupidity.

wanderer34
6 months ago

The Avella Liberty can hit up to 150 mph, but you have a lot of close major cities within the NE Corridor (Boston, NY, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and DC), as well as the intermediate stops which limit the speed of the train. Either way, while I’d love to see Brightline go up to 150 mph, 120 mph is just as effective if not faster than 150 mph due to the shorter distances between FL cities (about 45 min to 1 hr between Tampa and Orlando, around 2 hr between Miami and Orlando, around 1 hr 30 min between Jville and Orlando, and around 3 hr between Jville and Miami if high speeds reach 120 mph).

Name
6 months ago

You show me one train in the world that actually goes that fast and I’ll believe you.

Juan
6 months ago

I’m rooting for these guys so hard. Imagine the competitive advantage our state would have if quick rail travel became common place. The expanded job market and economic value of that would be insane and Florida is in prime position to take advantage with so many growing metro areas.

BRUCE-C
6 months ago

DUDE EXACTLY!!!!

Bopper
6 months ago

I love the Brightline. The team is so nice, the terminals and train so clean and i love that orange smell when you arrive. We are way behind other countries with trains. So I am cheering them on. Will definitely go to Universal on the train.

Anonymous
6 months ago

Love it!

Name*
6 months ago

Higher-speed rail.

ParkingHater
6 months ago

Wonder if it’ll be cheaper to fly to mco and take Brightline to miami for some flights eventually
Until then, as much as it’s nice to say we have high speed rail, kinda useless until the build the sunrail east west expansion

Anonymous
6 months ago

Well hey, if it alleviates traffic at MIA.

Luke
6 months ago

It would be cheaper and nearly as fast to drive to Orlando.

anonymous
6 months ago

thats assuming you go 90 miles an hour the entire way there with zero traffic. But i think it should take at most 2 to 2.5 hours one way

Anon
6 months ago

If you want to actively drive all the way to Orlando while others enjoy a train ride reading the paper and getting some work done while having a beer or glass of wine be my guest. No ones stopping you. In fact, keep going.

Hating on the train for what reason?
6 months ago

Haaa I drive for a living, you are delusional. Unless you’re leaving early asf or late late at night, traffic will slow you down. Then you gotta make sure you don’t get drowsy, then you gotta stress going back if it’s a one day trip.

Let’s build a hyperloop
6 months ago

You have a great point here, however on the flip side, if you take the train then you have take a taxi or a bus to get to your final destination. That translates to an extra hassle for my opinion that may not be worth having

Jordan
6 months ago

Thank you Capt. Obvious.

Name
6 months ago

Orlando is a 3 to 4 hour drive depending on traffic conditions. The two cities are separated 250 miles apart. So if you’re doing a constant 85 mph with no traffic delay that should get you there in roughly 3 hours. But under normal driving conditions, typically 3.5 – 4 hours.

Jose
6 months ago

125 mph… sorry but this is more a snail train than a high-speed train 🧐

Bob Evan’s yum
6 months ago

They actually went 130 mph during testing, that is true high speed rail in the United States

Paul
6 months ago

Wow! 130 mph? Really? LOL

Kitty W
6 months ago

It’s faster than you’re putzing along in your automobile. What benefits have you conferred upon society today?

Name
6 months ago

You can’t be serious…

Anom
6 months ago

Train derailment has been in the news recently between Ohio and Greece.

Melo is sigma and chad
6 months ago

I mean they’re always happening globally.

Anonymous
6 months ago

If you’re scared of that, I wouldn’t look up deaths from automobile statistics

Anon
6 months ago

Yes, it’s part of the century-long push to discredit rail and promote private vehicle ownership.

Anan
6 months ago

Thats a long train ride from Ohio to Greece. Better get a berth.

Anonymous
6 months ago

actually Greece wasn’t even a derailment issue–a conductor sped through a red signal and hit an oncoming train

Anonymous
6 months ago

Right, and over 200 people died in plane crashes last year.

Angel
6 months ago

Wow, 200 people? 100,000 people died in the US of fentanyl poisoning last year.

Jordan
6 months ago

Tragic.
I’d like to give a thumbs up to encourage your critical thinking Angel, but is such a tragic and preventable problem that up voting makes me sick to my stomach.

Huh
6 months ago

Yeah and 40,000 people in the US die from car crashes every year. It’s like the argument against self driving cars. The average person is a terrible driver and isn’t paying attention. I’ll trust a train any day over other drivers.