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Brightline Has Finally Announced A Start Date For Service For Miami Commuters

A Brightline train arrives at the MiamiCentral station in Overtown as crews prepare the station for the near future opening of the station, May 10, 2018.
CHARLES TRAINOR JR.
A Brightline train arrives at the MiamiCentral station in Overtown as crews prepare the station for the near future opening of the station, May 10, 2018.

Good things come to those who wait.

That was the message Brightline sent to Miami commuters on Friday as it announced that its fast-travel rail service was finally coming to downtown — and not just “soon” or “in the coming weeks” as the company has been known to promise over the past year.

If you’re interested in a half-hour, one-way ride to Fort Lauderdale or an hour-long zip to West Palm Beach, Saturday, May 19 — no turning back now, Brightline — is officially when regular service will begin to and from downtown’s MiamiCentral station, Chief Operating Officer and President Patrick Goddard announced during a ribbon-cutting at the new station on Friday morning.

Read more from our news partner, The Miami Herald

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Martin Vassolo