Brightline construction between Orlando and South Florida now complete

Travelers are now able to book trips starting Sept. 1 through the beginning of 2024.

By Annabelle Sikes
| 9:00 a.m. June 23, 2023

West Orange Times & Observer
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Brightline has completed the construction for the connection between Orlando and South Florida.

The finishing of the 170-mile stretch of railroad was announced Wednesday, June 21.

The construction work had an economic impact of more than $6 billion dollars for the Sunshine State and generated more than 10,000 jobs, according to Brightline.

High-speed testing has started and will take place through July in the corridor between West Palm Beach and Orlando, mainly traveling through Brevard County.

Brightline will operate 16 daily round trips with hourly departures between Miami and Orlando.

Nonstop trains will connect Orlando to Miami in two hours and fifty-nine minutes. Regular service trains, which stop at our other South Florida stations, will connect in three hours and thirty minutes. Trains between Orlando and West Palm Beach will take two hours.

Travelers are now able to book trips starting Sept. 1 through the beginning of 2024.

Ticket sales for the new station are on sale with one-way fares starting at $79 for SMART and $149 for PREMIUM.

For more information on the new station and trip times, click here.

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Annabelle Sikes

News Editor Annabelle Sikes was born in Boca Raton and moved to Orlando in 2018 to attend the University of Central Florida. She graduated from UCF in May 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in sociology. Her past journalism experiences include serving as a web producer at the Orlando Sentinel, a reporter at The Community Paper, managing editor for NSM Today, digital manager at Centric Magazine and as an intern for the Orlando Weekly.