January 27, Residents should follow the law around active railroad tracks and stay off the tracks. This phase of Brightline testing will occur throughout February and March. Testing will take place daily between 7AM and 4PM. Residents should be alert and follow the law around active railroad tracks and railroad crossings. Testing is expected to bring additional wait times at railroad crossings.
Brightline is making crucial safety improvements at all railroad crossings along the corridor. All safety improvements have been installed at crossings in the testing areas.
Those improvements vary per crossing, but may include new crossing gates, signal systems, pedestrian gates, pavement markings and roadway profiles. Where trains will operate at speeds over 79 mph, crossings have quad gates or medians to prevent motorists from driving around lowered crossing gates. Brightline began high speed testing at mph in the fall of through Martin and St. Lucie Counties. The testing is in preparation for opening to Orlando in and will continue in phases along the mile rail corridor between West Palm Beach and Cocoa.
Brightline is working closely with community partners, government agencies and news media to spread the word and highlight rail safety via multiple channels including on social media and with public service announcements. Brightline is the only provider of modern, eco-friendly, intercity rail in America. Brightline was recognized by Fast Company as one of the Most Innovative Companies in travel, offering a guest-first experience designed to reinvent train travel and take cars off the road.
Brightline plans to bring its award-winning service to additional city pairs and congested corridors across the country that are too close to fly and too long to drive, with immediate plans to connect Las Vegas to Southern California. For more information, visit www. Media Kit. SR Toney Penna Dr. Frederick Small Rd. Donald Ross Rd. Hood Rd. Kyoto Gardens Dr. RCA Blvd. Burns Rd.
