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Brightline will open its Orlando rail line — the first newly built passenger rail line in the US in decades — on September 22. -- (link)

Posted by ty97 Sep 13 '23, 05:48

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https://twitter.com/ByERussell/status/1701906370100879712 (twitter.com)

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What does passenger rail mean? Amtrak? We built new subway lines recently. Does that not count? -- nm - Krusty Sep 13, 05:52 14
- Subways are considered rapid transit, not passenger rail, also fun fact -- (edited) - znufrii, vice president Sep 13, 06:17 3
  - From everything I've read it's not specific to a type of train system other than it not include cargo. - Krusty Sep 13, 08:19
  - Also Portland opened a new commuter line in 2009, but apparently that doesn’t count either? - znufrii, vice president Sep 13, 06:23
  - tries to find a way to incorporate a joke about an achillies heel in response, but I failed - nm - tRuMaN Sep 13, 06:19
- I'm guessing they mean intercity heavy rail. But just be happy....NEW TRAINS! -- nm - ty97 Sep 13, 06:08 4
  - I am very happy to read about new trains and train lines. We need millions more miles of lines all around this country. -- (edited) - Krusty Sep 13, 06:09 3
    - I'll be in Italy next month and was looking at flights to get me from Bologna to Naples. - ty97 Sep 13, 06:13 2
      - I am taking a short 20km train ride up into the mountains in Norway in October. And then right back down. 18 out of 20 tunnels were built by hand! -- (link) - Andie Sep 13, 06:38 1
        
        Amazing! -- nm - ty97 Sep 13, 06:41
- Not for Brightline propaganda it doesn't -- nm - decline Sep 13, 06:03
- I was kind of wondering the same thing. Charlotte has built a light rail in the last decade but I guess that's closer to a subway. - sycor Sep 13, 05:59 1
  - Yeah, the term passenger rail is more of a catch-all for all kinds of trains that take people and not cargo. -- nm - Krusty Sep 13, 06:01
- Intercity passenger is my guess. -- nm - spamlet Sep 13, 05:52 1
  - A search just says, "Trains that take passengers rather than cargo." -- nm - Krusty Sep 13, 05:54

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