Hey there!
Today, Florida and North America entered a new era with the opening of the Orlando extension of the very first private intercity passenger service in North America…. Brightline.
My previous experience with them was simply outstanding. Now you can travel between Orlando and Miami – car free, carefree with a total respect of the planet! Trains are the future, not planes folks. Mark my words
– TRIP INFORMATION –
INAUGURAL RIDE – SEPTEMBER 22ND 2023
Railway company: Brightline
Train type: SCB 40 and Venture cars (Full Siemens consist)
From: Orlando to Miami
Time: 3h38
Price: $79 (Smart Class) $149 (Premium)
Thanks to @LonestarTrips for the spot ✌🏻
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00:00 : Intro
01:29 : Brightline at MCO
02:54 : Premium lounge
05:32 : Boarding
06:45 : Meeting with the President
07:18 : A diesel Railjet
08:14 : Seat Check
08:48 : Departure from Orlando
09:12 : Premium service
09:55 : 125 mph
10:25 : Mid roll ads
10:58 : Walkthrough
12:47 : Toilets Time
13:47 : Why Brightline will succeed
15:52 : Arrival in Miami
17:27 : Spotted in Miami
18:15 : Thoughts
19:00 : Kudos to Gable
19:28 : Outro
47 Comments
Recorded today, live on Youtube! It was such a race against time on this one. Massive thanks to Gable on this one!
Enjoy the video… and welcome to the 21st century Florida ✌🏻
Window wrap would kill it for me. I totally agree with you that they should remove them ASAP! Great service, I hope they survive commercially!
I would love to see more expanded passenger HSR in the US as long as the Republicans dont keep holding it up
OMG! I am impressed everything works as its supposed to. Amtrak continues to have issues with thier Sieman Charger locomotives and Venture cars – 5 years after ordering them. And, it took Amtrak 30 years to upgrade the Michigan line from 79 to 110mph. Brightline did the whole thing in just a few years! Maybe there is hope for the future of passenger rail after all. Great video!!
Brightline is run or was run by Virgin Trains who operated on the West Coast Main Line and East Coast Main Line which Avanti West Coast & LNER now operates on.
You have gone 'WOKE", carbon neutral and climate emergency bs, one less subscriber for you.
Need more stops what good does it do for the residents that don’t have a station we can wave as it goes by 🤬
Your channel reminds me of Travelgeek from Japan. Japan is light years ahead in train service.
World: CUTE you call regional rail high speed.
Looks interesting but they ban Swiss Army Knives and multitools which makes them worthless to me. Odd on a train and frankly incredibly paranoid.
"Diesel Railjet"…. I was thinking the same thing!
World class my ass
3RD WORLD STANDARD
235 miles took you 3.5 hours
thats a world class train for Americans 😂
But why isn't it electric if it's a new train line?
What was that repetitive percussive noise. Did your coach have a flat-spotted wheel ? Also; Maybe it was the way it was recorded, but the train seemed very noisy when compared to its European counterparts.
Love the concept and the trains. If my maths are correct, an average speed of 65 mph which is hardly high speed. I plugged the destinations into Google and driving was marginally faster. A real shame
Would love to see this service from Phoenix to Vegas, San Diego and LA.
Yeah, but it's still slow as all hell. High speed rail like the rest of the developed world has would be nice for once.
What is the compartment that has yellow metal bars that are zigzag? That's reality, not crazy!
I like that there are eye catching colors on the train and the panoramic view windows!
I like Miami's elevated station.
Americans are such paisant 🙂
Congratulations Brightline. I look forward to boarding you.
The covered windows are just terrible and absolutely not accepted to me and reason to complain /ask for ticket change or refund!
Great looking train and stations, but how long before it all falls apart? Americans beat up everything, they don't take care.
killed one pedestrian on the first day
At the Cocoa highspeed segment (11:00) it seemed that your coach had a flat wheel or something! The rattling sounded very unpleasant and would simply be unacceptable in Europe (especially at such low speed of only 125 mph (ie 200 km/h). If an Austrian Railjet would make such a sound at 200 km/h, I would rather be worried! Dunno if this was the coach or the track – in any event rather disappointing! (But the problem seemed to be limited to one Coach only, because the other coaches seemed to run as smooth as expected.) But that they run their inaugural train with a train set with flat wheels seems somewhat worrisome as far as proper maintenance is concerned!
Thank you China❤
Comfort is good but it's not real High speed.. Here TGV Thalys Brussels to Paris 1h25 (300km).. But indeed better than before..
If only we had something like that in Australia! Our major cities are so far apart that flying in really the only practical alternative as the rail links are very slow, if also very cheap. My one worry is that if Brightline takes pax from the airlines they will start a price war. It might not turn out well.
3 hours and 30 minutes is too long I prefer to drive
This was really cool to watch. I cant believe how quiet that train is on the inside. I live in Vero Beach and watched the tracks being built and now see the trains passing through. Its a shame that they did not put a stop in the area as I would really love to use this. I love taking Amtrak when I can and I really hope that this succeeds and does well.
Indonesia have WHOOSH train 350km/h.
America people can come to Indonesia to ride most fast train in the world
Sooner than Later. A disaster movie will be made. Yes it's the future. Coming soon. Reality folks. A 125mph train racing thru urban areas of southern Florida, lunatic, non English speaking driver's , half illegal. BAM. Heard to Tallahassee. Trillion dollar lawsuit. Follows. When train full of tourists smashes into crazed , cocaine high driver crosses in front of Bright line . Not one square inch of train or 200 passengers ever seen again. Coming to movie screen near you.
Virtual Railfan has a camera at Cocoa streaming live on YouTube. Nice to see the trains rush past
Does it go from Orlando to Fort Lauderdale?
Totally shock if Travelling by car is 4hours vs 3.5 hours for "high speed train " .Yes u may argue it avoid traffic , what is the # of runs & stops & cost ? This sounds like a special train close to the already existing train in Boston 100+ mph train !
What a great video and railway experience. Wow! They thought of everything! Aesthetics that match the look and feel of Florida , a place to make calls, healthy food . . .my favorite was how they have the Thomas the Tank Engine play stations for kids! What a great idea! Growing the next generation of train lovers. 🙂
Please experience Comport, High Speed & High Tech WHOOSH train in Indonesia(218mile/hour). US$15 for 107mile travel.
UNIVERSE-CLASS Passanger Train
ummmm where's Thibault?
Do other trains run on the Brightline tracks? If so, this is not a world-class passenger rail system. I’ve been to Japan, where nothing but shinkansen run on shinkansen tracks. Are there grade crossings? Same sign.
safety is both basic and no.1 importance. Real HSR needs closed track which requires lots of investment fund
I hope they build the LA-Las Vegas line, that would be amazing
Needs more stations/stops. All I can do is wave at it now.
Thanks for a very interesting and informative video. The only thing I wish you had talked about a bit more (unless I missed it) was the tracks and the speeds: whose tracks are they, why do they travel at the speeds they do, etc.
US is "sub-world class" – max at 200km/hr. The just inaugrated Jakarta-Bandong in Indonesia is running at max 350km/hr.
The next big thing they need os public transit to and from the Miami airport. It handles more international flights and tourists from Europe will want the ability to not rent cars
69 MPH average speed is not world class. This coupled with high costs and negligible time savings vs car ride honestly makes this a horrible example of what true high speed rail can accomplish for Americans. I hope the rest of the country won't use Florida as a benchmark – it's a bar too low to clear especially compared to the rest of the world.