The death is the privately owned railroad’s 12th in 2023 and its 98th since July 2017. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the train was part of the Miami-Orlando service. The unidentified pedestrian was struck before dawn in Delray Beach by a southbound Brightline train, according to Ted White, a public safety officer with the Delray Beach Police Department. operations in a century.įriday'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. Thirty-two trains will run daily.īrightline, which began running its neon-yellow trains the 70 miles (112 kilometers) between Miami and West Palm Beach in 2018, is the first private intercity passenger service to begin U.S. 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. The Brightline train is a $5 billion bet by owner Fortress Investment Group that eventually 8 million people annually will take the 3.5-hour, 235-mile (378-kilometer) trip between Miami and Orlando - about 30 minutes less than the average drive. (AP) - A privately owned high-speed passenger train service launched Friday between Florida's two biggest tourist hubs.
