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Florida's Brightline will begin running trains between Miami and Orlando on Friday, reaching speeds of 125 mph along the 235-mile route between the state's biggest tourist hubs.

First private US passenger rail line in 100 years about to link Miami and Orlando at high speed

MIAMI (AP) — The first big test of whether privately owned high-speed passenger train service can prosper in the United States will launch Friday when<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-dade/first-private-us-passenger-rail-line-in-100-years-is-about-to-link-miami-and-orlando-at-high-speed/">Read More</a>

The first big test of whether privately owned high-speed passenger train service can prosper in the United States will launch Friday when Florida’s Brightline begins running trains between Miami and Orlando, reaching speeds of 125 mph (200 kph). It’s a $5 billion bet Brightline’s owner, Fortress Investment Group, is making, believing that eventually 8 million…

Florida's Brightline begins running trains between Miami and Orlando, reaching speeds of 125 mph.

It’s a $5 billion bet Brightline’s owner is making, believing that eventually, 8 million people annually will take the 3.5-hour, 235-mile trip between the state’s biggest tourist hubs.

The first big test of whether privately owned high-speed passenger train service can prosper in the United States will launch Friday when Floridas Brightline begins running trains between Miami and Orlando, reaching speeds of 125 mph (200 kph).

A Windsor man has been sentenced to about one year and three months behind bars in part for assaulting a Sarnia Jail guard.

A Windsor man has been sentenced to about one year and three months behind bars in part for assaulting a Sarnia Jail guard.

He was honored Monday during an Assembly meeting ahead of his departure at the end of September.