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Yay! They actually announced the opening far enough in advance for me to plan a trip down. Now I have to check with my "social secretary" to make sure "we" have nothing else planned for the next couple of weeks, so I can take another leisurely drive down from SC. I was all set t...

Yay! They actually announced the opening far enough in advance for me to plan a trip down. Now I have to check with my "social secretary" to make sure "we" have nothing else planned for the next couple of weeks, so I can take another leisurely drive down from SC.

All the construction bids were rejected in November because they were too high: $189M to $218M versus the previously estimated $114M. So the project is being revised for another round of bidding. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-sb-fort-lauderdale-wave-streetcar-contract-...

I hope things turn out well tomorrow! I decided not to try to come down for opening day. Too short notice. Instead, I'm aiming for sometime next week, watching the weather forecast so as to try to avoid rainy days.

Ah, their site finally came up. Let's see, search for trains on Saturday... first one apparently leaves WPB at 8:00 AM, arriving in FLL at 8:40. Return trip leaves FLL at 9:25 and arrives in WPB at 10:05. After that, it's every 1:30 until the final train leaves FLL at 10:55 PM and arrives in WPB at ...

From the Ft Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/transportation/fl-reg-brightline-ticket-prices-20180110-story.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I can't get into gobrightline.com at the moment, so I can't see what they have there yet. So if I want to ...

Brightline is carrying passengers this weekend, but only by invitation: family and friends of railroad employees. Still no definite date for the public launch. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/transportation/fl-reg-brightline-passengers-20180106-story.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);...

it could be Metro-Tri Rail to Ft. Lauderdale, walk 2.1 miles East along Broward Blvd (might be hazardous to your health) to 2nd Ave NE where the AAF station is Or, unless you're terminally allergic to buses, take the Broward County Transit buses that run along Broward Blvd to the transit center whi...

electricron wrote:the convention center lies between the FEC tracks and a Skyway station.

Miami Beach commissioner wants city to rethink light rail choice ... The city is negotiating with a consortium of firms called Greater Miami Tramlink Partners. The team includes French rail company Alstom, which would supply a train that would run on proprietary technology — tracks that are powered...

As far as the stations themselves are concerned, Cleveland could probably go either way, from a technical point of view. As I recall, there's plenty of space in the broad median strips of Shaker and Van Aken Blvds. Aesthetics and cost would would be in favor of low platforms.

I know it is an old system, but so is that of Pittsburgh, which seems to have had high level platforms since before the A.D.A even existed. When I last visited Pittsburgh c. 2000, there were still some low-level boarding stops accessed by a door with steps at the front of the train, especially on t...

Some pictures from the streetcar's opening day: http://www.jtbell.net/transit/Washington/Streetcar/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Unfortunately I had to miss the opening ceremony because my ride, the Crescent , arrived about the time the ceremony started some ways down the...

Iowa Pacific took over the Piedmont & Northern Railroad in Gaston County NC (near Charlotte) from Patriot Rail last year. During the past holiday season, they ran Christmas-themed excursions aimed at families, over part of the line on weekends. Now they're going to cover the entire line (the par...

With the schedules for this line, if you barely miss one streetcar, at least at my walking speed, it's faster to just walk rather than wait for the next one. Can you walk a mile and a half in 15 minutes? In 90+ degree heat? I was there yesterday, and actually did walk the length of the line twice s...