MIAMI — Brightline trains will begin running north of West Palm Beach, Fla., for the first time next week, with the first of what are expected to be daily qualifying runs to allow locomotive engineers and conductors to learn the 130 miles between West Palm beach and Cocoa, Fla. It is the first segment of what will eventually be service to and from Orlando, Fla.
The trains, operating without passengers, are expected to run on a daily basis throughout 2022. They will be limited to top speeds of 60 mph as crews learn signals, curves, speed restrictions, more than 150 grade crossings, and other characteristics of the route.
Brightline says it anticipates “substantial completion” of the extension to Orlando be the end of 2022, with service between Orlando and Miami beginning in early 2023.
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