The Tri-Rail company said, according to local press reports, that its trains will arrive in downtown Miami at the end of January, starting the urban transport service planned for 2016.
Tri-Rail, the cheapest and most tax-advantaged option for Brightline trains on the I-95 corridor, finally announced this weekend that its Miami station will open on Saturday, January 13.
That day, Tri-Rail trains will begin running from shared space in Brightline’s downtown complex to a regular Tri-Rail stop at an existing transit station in Hialeah already served by Tri-Rail and Metrorail.
“It finally came true,” said Raquel Regalado, a Miami-Dade County commissioner and Tri-Rail board member who helped oust the entity’s previous director over delays in Miami service. “We have overcome many obstacles,” she added.
Tri-Rail, the cheapest rail option in Miami
According to officials, several snags delayed the launch, including the discovery in 2021 that the Brightline platform built at its downtown station for Tri-Rail was slightly too wide for Tri-Rail trains.
Two months later, then-Tri-Rail chief Steven Abrams announced his resignation, citing disagreements with Regalado and other board members.
While Metrorail trains already serve the same route, Tri-Rail’s Downtown Link will be the first with express service. However, travelers will have to wait for the direct route from West Palm Beach to Miami that Tri-Rail proposed when the project launches.
Tri-Rail, funded by a combination of federal, state and local funds and operated by the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, currently terminates its Miami-Dade service south of Miami International Airport’s (MINE) Hialeah Station.
2024-01-08 18:13:58
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