Brightline's Big Day Is Almost Here

Did you see the big announcement from Brightline this week?

"We will launch introductory service between West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale the week of January 8, 2018.​"

Hard to believe it's finally happening. I can only imagine the excitement and anticipation level of all the Brightline employees, planners, executives and investors who have worked so long and hard to make it a reality.

Floridians should be excited, too. We'll enjoy a state-of-the-art transportation option that will eventually  run from Miami into the airport at Orlando. True mass transit with all the niceties. Here is a video we shot during a preview tour we took last year:

While ticket prices haven't been announced, it promises to be competitive with other modes of transportation.

For us personally, it's great news. For the simple reason we love trains and train travel.

Twenty years ago,  we took our first train vacation on Amtrak. Typically, we decided to go big or not at all. Our route took us from Fort Worth to Chicago, Chicago to Los Angeles, Los Angeles to Seattle, Seattle to Chicago, and back home to Texas.  A total of 11 days and almost 9,000 miles. And we loved it. We were totally hooked.

Since we moved to Florida, we have become regulars on Amtrak's Silver Meteor that runs from West Palm to New York. (Read more about it here). With the launch of Brightline, we'll have more reasons to heed the call of "All Aboard." We can't wait.