https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news ... 940551007/
Brightline gives green light to Cocoa stop for its Orlando-to-Miami passenger rail service
Next stop: Cocoa.
That's the word from passenger rail company Brightline, which on Tuesday said it plans to have a Brevard County train stop at what's known as "the Cocoa curve," on land it owns in north Cocoa, although it hasn't yet said when construction of a station would begin.
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The Cocoa City Council at a workshop last week unanimously voted to commit $5 million in city money for a Brightline station project at that site, which helped trigger Brightline's commitment to have the train stop there.
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Katie Mitzner, director of public affairs for Brightline, said the rail company "is ready to begin the formal process with Space Coast stakeholders to fulfill our vision for a Brevard County station. The Space Coast TPO, Brevard County, city of Cocoa and other community leaders have started to bring the region together to identify potential federal, state and local resources for a station to be located in Cocoa. We agree the time is now to finalize a plan."
The Cocoa curve location makes sense for the company. In addition to owning the land, the area is where Brightline trains must slow down, as they switch from an west-to-east configuration between Orlando and Cocoa, to a north-to-south configuration from Cocoa to Miami.
Next stop, Willoughby
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