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Stuart’s withdrawal from the station lease would not derail Brightline’s plans


Stuart’s withdrawal from the station lease would not derail Brightline’s plans

Fort Pierce City Officials Raise Brightline Banner on Parking Garage City Public Works employees hung Brightline banners at the City Hall parking garage in downtown Fort Pierce on Wednesday, December 13, 2023. Elections do have consequences. Not all of them are good. After an election that ousted two incumbents, the Stuart City Commission voted Monday […]

Stuart councillors want further talks on Brightline lease


Stuart councillors want further talks on Brightline lease

See Brightline passengers on the first train service from Miami to Orlando The long-awaited rail connection to Orlando’s entertainment capital begins aboard the Brightline trains carrying passengers from South Florida. thσmαѕ σrdч, Palm Beach Post Maybe the Brightline station in downtown Stuart isn’t a done deal after all. By a 5-0 vote, the Stuart City […]

Stuart councillors want further talks on Brightline lease


Stuart councillors want further talks on Brightline lease

Watch a Brightline qualifying train pass through Stuart for the first time On Tuesday, January 18, 2022, a Brightline-qualified train will travel through downtown Stuart for the first time. Leah Voss and Lina Ruiz, Treasure Coast Newspapers Maybe the Brightline station in downtown Stuart isn’t a done deal after all. By a 5-0 vote, the […]

He is on board an intermodal station in downtown South Bend


He is on board an intermodal station in downtown South Bend

Letters to the editor | South Bend Tribune As a longtime supporter of mass transit and retired Amtrak ticket agent, I am pleased that the city is expected to purchase South Bend’s Union Station from owner Kevin Smith and that Amtrak is interested in moving there. The depot has not been used for passengers since […]

Passengers urge NJ Transit not to close Kingsland Station in Lyndhurst


Passengers urge NJ Transit not to close Kingsland Station in Lyndhurst

2 minutes reading time Gov. Phil Murphy says NJ Transit is fixed. Is he right? New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy recently said NJ Transit was “fixed” after years of financial problems and passenger dissatisfaction. LYNDHURST – Closing the Kingsland NJ Transit Station after the new Lyndhurst Station is completed next spring would place a burden […]

Some buses were delayed due to traffic jams at the petrol stations


Some buses were delayed due to traffic jams at the petrol stations

Some school buses were delayed Thursday afternoon due to problems at Leon County’s two compressed natural gas fueling stations. “We are working as quickly as possible to get fuel, but there is a backlog right now,” said county spokesman Chris Petley, who told the Tallahassee Democrat that natural gas stations were down. A follow-up post […]

Tri-Rail train crashes near Delray Beach station – woman dies


Tri-Rail train crashes near Delray Beach station – woman dies

Investigators say the incident occurred around 8 a.m. Wednesday morning on Southwest 10th Street. The southbound Tri-Rail train departs from Delray Beach Station in PBC The southbound Tri-Rail train departs from Delray Beach station for Miami. DELRAY BEACH – A woman died Wednesday morning after she was struck by a southbound Tri-Rail train in Delray […]

Brighltine receives the necessary land lease to build the newest station in Stuart


Brighltine receives the necessary land lease to build the newest station in Stuart

STUART – The city took another step forward Monday in its effort to restore passenger rail service. City commissioners unanimously approved — in the absence of Commissioner Christopher Collins — a lease with Brightline for the previously announced Southeast Flagler Avenue station. The lease is subject to approval by the Martin County Commission, which could […]

Local gas prices experience strange fluctuations


Local gas prices experience strange fluctuations

Gas prices remain high across the country and the states, with slight declines recently. Meanwhile, gasoline prices in the Fredericksburg area rose sharply last week. According to AAA, the local average price for a gallon of regular gasoline rose from $3.26 to $3.45 last week. This increase brought local prices back in line with state […]

DeLand SunRail station celebrates grand opening; service begins Monday


DeLand SunRail station celebrates grand opening; service begins Monday

SunRail’s DeLand station celebrates grand opening Steven Wease was one of the SunRail fans in attendance at the DeLand SunRail station’s grand opening ceremony on Friday. With three bells ringing and confetti cannons firing, a crowd of well over 250 people celebrated the opening of the DeLand SunRail station on Friday. It is the third […]