Passengers hoping to trip the extremely anticipated Brightline service from Orlando might want to wait.
Brightline has delayed its early September debut at Orlando Worldwide Airport (MCO) as a result of it is nonetheless within the remaining levels of certification and crew testing, the corporate mentioned.
On account of the delays, passengers who booked Brightline tickets for the Orlando service from Sept. 1 to Sept. 6 will obtain a full refund of the unique ticket, a premium voucher and an Avis rental automobile low cost.
Brightline mentioned it’s nonetheless figuring out a brand new opening date. As of now, tickets are on sale starting Sept. 15. TPG was on the Orlando station’s official opening again in April. You’ll be able to read about it here.
“We’re working by the ultimate levels of certification and crew testing nevertheless it’s obvious that we can’t hit our opening weekend as deliberate (Sept 1-6),” a Brightline spokesperson mentioned in an announcement. “Realizing it is a vacation weekend, we need to give friends as a lot time as potential to regulate their journey plans.”
The Florida-based personal passenger prepare has operated routes inside South Florida, together with stops in Aventura, Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Miami and West Palm Seaside. The service from MCO’s Terminal C might be a high-speed route, connecting Central Florida and Miami in simply three hours at round 130 miles per hour and shaving off round an hour in commuting time.
Brighline’s MCO service was slated to be a part of a larger expansion for the prepare service, with plans so as to add a connecting cease in Tampa and even a cease at Disney Springs. Nevertheless, Brightline nixed the Disney stop as a result of the “new route configuration doesn’t assist a Disney Springs station,” a Disney spokesperson mentioned in an announcement to TPG in June 2022.
The Tampa station continues to be within the early planning levels.
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When will Brightline begin Orlando service?
Proper now, we nonetheless do not have an official begin date for Orlando service on Brightline, however the prepare firm is promoting tickets for September fifteenth and past.
Brightline tells TPG it would tell us as quickly as they’ve official phrase for the beginning of service.
Further reporting by Clint Henderson.
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