Watch this Brightline Review to see what train travel in the United States SHOULD look like!
Brightline Train is a privately-owned and operated train in Florida that connects Miami with Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and – eventually – Orlando. It runs along the Florida East Coast and connects major cities in the region with High Speed Rail.
Brightline Orlando, scheduled to open in 2022, will be a tremendous addition to the region and will make it easy for people connecting from airports all over the state to get to the theme parks there. The Brightline Train Orlando will transform the area.
Brightline Florida Train offers a level of service unmatched in the United States. From the brilliantly designed (and located) stations in city centers, to beautiful and comfortable cars and energy-efficient locomotives, Brightline is what train travel SHOULD be like all over the United States.
In this video, you’ll see everything from the Brightline Miami Station to the Brightline Premium Lounge. You’ll see how to store your Brightline Bags, and watch the Brightline Train Full Speed!
Bright Line Train was once going to partner with Virgin Trains to become Virgin Trains USA, but that didn’t work out.
Railfans will love this video as it shows off the power of the Siemens Charger SCB-40 locomotives and the beautiful cars, also built by Siemens.
But it hasn’t quite caught on. Would you travel by Brightline Train if you were in Florida? Let me know in the comments. Seems like a lot of people prefer Rental Cars over Trains.
0:00 Introduction
2:02 Brightline Premium Lounge
3:08 Boarding Brightline
4:51 Brightline Departing Miami
7:16 Brightline JebScore
8:47 Brightline Plus Transfer
9:29 Bloopers
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Music:
He’s So Fine – Martin Landstrom
Misterio (Instrumental Version) – Clara Mendes
The Bee’s Knees – Gary Combs
By the Way – Shiver Disk
You’re Never Alone (Instrumental Version) – Colbae
The Street Performer (Sting) – Martin Gauffin
24 Comments
You can thank a Republican Governor and legislature for the success of this train. Unlike the hugely funded disaster in Cali, they have dumped billions in their rail for years, and it will never open…
Thanks for sharing 💕💕💕
Nice!! I hope we get more of these throughout the country!!
fallout with virgin group is the best thing happened the train service.
The europeans looking at this🙄🙄🙄🙄😅😅😅😅
It’s not high speed.
As somone who lives in Florida, I don't see this train working out. I live on the gulf coast in Port Charlotte. I'm in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area usually once a month. My wife loves the theme parks so I find myself in the Orlando area quite a bit too. I don't think the bright-line train is going to work out. Here in Florida we are a car society, everybody drives and everybody seemingly owns a car or truck. My first choice will always be to drive in my own car. Miami to West Palm Beach is just not that far of a trip so I can't see paying for a train ticket and waiting at the station and going through all that when I could just do it in an hour or so in my own car.
As for tourists, there are so many old people that come to Florida, I have nothing against the elderly, just stating a fact, they are all around me everyday being a Florida local. Many elderly people are not going to even be able to do bright-line because something like scanning your ticket on a smartphone would be more trouble than they want to deal with, and I can see some of our seasoned citizens not being able to do it at all. Plus West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami each have their own airport, so if I were traveling to South Florida from a different part of the country I would simply arrive into whichever airport is closest to where I'm going.
As for the Orlando leg of bright-line I don't see that working out either. Floridians who go to the theme parks usually fall into two groups, die-hard Disney fans who have season passes, go frequently, pretty much all seem to drive their own car, heck season passes at Disney come with a bumper sticker stating that you're a season pass holder. I would say the bulk, certainly not all but many, of the Disney season pass holders live within an hour or two of Orlando anyway so a train from South Florida would be completely useless. You see way more Disney passholder bumper stickers within an hour or two of Orlando than any other part of the state. As for the other group of Floridians that typically goes to the theme parks is families with kids. I don't think the train would make sense for them either. Wouldn't it be so much easier to just load the kids in the car and drive directly to the park then bring everyone to the train station go through the boarding process take the train, arrive on the other end and somehow have to get from the train station to the park, then your hotel choices are limited because you can't just hop in the car and drive to a hotel 10 or 15 minutes away from the park, you're forced to either stay in the park (WAY more expensive than the many hotel choices located just a few minutes away) or wherever you can get without a car. And I certainly don't think anybody's going to take the train from South Florida to Orlando to rent a car in Orlando, when they could have just driven their own car for the entire journey.
As someone who lives and works here in Florida year-round, I think bright-line is a silly and ill-conceived idea
It's nice to see an alternative to our horrible highway and air travel systems in the US.
1:59 "… unlike Amtrak , your bags will be x-rayed here…:"
Ok. My question being: they're checking the bags for… what, exactly ?
What is it they don't want to see and that some people will try to carry in the train ?
I can't see.
6:44 . Pretty easy for a bathroom to be clean when there is virtually nobody in the train. The real challenge is to have the train full but still keep the place decent. That,s where the japanese train sustem is truly incredible.
Can a wheelchair and or scooter ride
We will never have simplistic boarding like Europe because of our gun problem
Sorry for the speed. If electrification was done, the train would be able to run faster… Germany's ICE-T (it can be introduced only after receiving budget support and electrification) or TCE-TD (diesel with tilting function can run quickly without the need for electrification) We hope that it will become a bright line that can run faster than before by introducing tilting trains such as the only diesel-powered high-speed train.).
High cost, there is no ''high speed'' it's the same as the tri-rail which is way cheaper.
I love Brightline! I would be happy when Brightline wouod by Armtrak, Surfline and all train companies!
best train
These trains are killer! 😛
Love the bright line
I am so excited for this service to be coming to Vegas! No more sitting in traffic on I-15 or dealing with all the ridiculousness of air travel just for a 45 minute flight to LA.
Amazing how Florida got this done in ten years while the California HSR flounders for decades, billions spent and nothing to show for it.
Florida taxpayers will learn why AmTrak has never turned a profit.
Branson bailed out when he saw the books and this guy took Virgin Air into bankruptcy.
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Do you know if their a station in Stuart / palm city area. Looking to travel from there to Hollywood and / or Miami. Moving there soon. Great video
Funny that out of all states, Florida got the train right.
While California… Never mind
Good to see that Bright line is trying to develop stations as commercial spaces
Like offices, malls, and paid parking.
The majority of the revenue needs to come from non ticket sources.
Otherwise the system will quickly fall into losses.
That's the Hong Kong model, I see that applied in Delhi where the stations are essentially malls