zugmannI can't take credit for that term.
It's British, and refers to something a bit different from what's been discussed for service 'enhancements' to Brightline.
It initially referred to "improving" the Underground system in the London area (which uses a map with various colored lines, as done with several systems in the States now) by making lines with crayon of the appropriate color to connect up the desired service ... whether or not there might be some cost, or technical complexity, or other reason, why actually building the route might be difficult or inadvisable. Drawing the line is usually followed by some flavor of 'if you build it they will come'.
In the case of the Brightline 'northern expansion', the business model is in place, and I'm reasonably sure that if a case can be made for it eventually, once the existing development plan has been demonstrated effective and the existing financial commitments are satisfied (or at least sterilized) the service can be expanded in many, perhaps most, of the ways described. Whether that's the best use of available capital is another matter, but at least it's not pie-in-the-sky let's run Brightline north of Atlanta, or up through Pittsfield, because passengers will be there eventually.
Brightline to begint service to Miami on May 19.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2018/05/11/brightline-trains-connect-miami-west-palm-beach/603433002/
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Bright line opening maimicentral will boost ridership. Not only on the cummter front. But with all the international flights into Mia, it will make a logical and easy connection to the gold coast.
Brightline November ridership up 35%+ over October ridership. Revenue up almost 50%.
https://emma.msrb.org/ER1172824-ER916724-ER1317273.pdf
^^^^ Good news, I really do hope they can succeed on the rail operations alone because the best reform for Amtrak is real competition that makes it look horrible in comparison to Congress.
Federal judge tosses 2 law suits against Brightline . Lost count but is this the present last of lawsuits against Brightline ? Bond sales have been extended to July 1. The video was interesting. One complaint. The grab bars between cars are only on right side exiting car and not like older passenger cars of the past on both sides.
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/shaping-our-future/growth/2018/12/25/indian-river-lawsuit-dismissed/2411193002/
Video of the Brightline train shows it is pretty empy.
I wonder if the bond sales will go better now that the lawsuits have been dismissed?
The video was from January 12, one day before initial service began. I believe this video shows the inside of the media train that ran that day. That would explain the many empty seats.
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