A privately owned high-speed passenger train service has been launched between Florida’s two biggest tourist hubs.
Brightline CEO Mike Reininger speaks before the first passenger train service leaves the Miami Central station to Orlando Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, in Miami. To the right is Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. .launched Friday between Florida's two biggest tourist hubs.
The company is charging single riders $158 round-trip for business class and $298 for first-class, with families and groups able to buy four round-trip tickets for $398. Thirty-two trains will run daily. Friday's launch of the Miami-Orlando line was marred by the death of a pedestrian who was hit in South Florida on a section of track served by the new route.
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