![]() ![]() ![]() SFRTA may request additional dates to be considered for testing.Ĭonnections currently include Broward County Transit, Miami-Dade County Department of Transportation and Public Works (Metrorail and Metrobus), Palm Tran, taxis and local municipality trolleys and community bus systems The full stretch of FEC tracks where Tri-Rail trains will test run: Hialeah, Gladeview, Liberty City, Little River, Little Haiti, Upper East Side, Morningside, Buena Vista, Miami Design District, Midtown, Edgewater, Wynwood, Omni, Overtown, Park West and Downtown. Variable message signs will be in place at 12 crossings along the east-west segment of tracks to alert drivers and pedestrians of the additional train activity, with SFRTA personnel handing out flyers with safety tips. Trains will be allowed to travel no faster than 40 miles per hour on the approximate 8 miles of tracks, starting from Hialeah eastbound and onto the east-west portion of tracks currently in use by FEC freight trains only, then continue to bend south in the neighborhood of Little River to the FEC tracks currently in use by Brightline. The trains will change tracks from the South Florida Rail Corridor, where Tri-Rail operates, onto the FEC tracks just south of the Metrorail Transfer Station. "This is yet another momentous occasion marking the progress of the work that has been in the making for a very long time." Tri-Rail will test 26 trains a day from Monday through Friday between 11 a.m. "The day has arrived where the first Tri-Rail train will run directly into downtown Miami and into the MiamiCentral Station for testing, thanks to the great partnership we have established with FEC and Brightline," said Commissioner Raquel Regalado, SFRTA Governing Board Chair. Tri-Rail trains currently operate on CSX tracks, which include freight and Amtrak trains.īrightline has provided authorization for Tri-Rail trains to enter the MiamiCentral Station as part of the testing. The South Florida Regional Transportation Authority has received approval from the FEC to test equipment and train personnel on the tracks in preparation for the anticipated start of Tri-Rail service directly into downtown Miami. Starting Monday, Tri-Rail trains will begin test runs on Florida East Coast tracks in Miami also used by Brightline and freight trains. ![]()
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