ORLANDO, Fla. — SunRail will resume train service today (Thursday, Oct. 6) to the Tupperware station, one of three closed since the area was hit by Hurricane Ian, the commuter operator announced.
The two southernmost stations on the SunRail route, Kissimmee/Amtrak and Poinciana, will continue to be served by a bus bridge while track repairs continue. New modified schedules reflecting the change are available here.
Repairs to return service to the remaining stations are expected to take several weeks. The Kissimmee area saw heavy flooding as a result of the hurricane, resulting in some track washouts.
“[T]he Tupperware station, one of three closed since the area was hit by Hurricane Ian…” but inside it was still fresh. (Sorry, couldn’t help it.)
Great minds think alike. My first thought when I read the story was “why didn’t they put the lid on before Ian hit?”
Oh, that’s easy: they had a half-dozen different lids…but none of them fit.
This bad news for the Star & Amtrak. Time for Amtrak to run Star to at least Orlando.
How bad the right-of-way damage? If this was a major freight route I’m pretty sure it would of been open by now.
A bridge had collapsed. I imagine if CSX still owned the line the bridge may have been repaired but not to pax standards (Katrina says hi)