By Jane Smith
As Brightline runs its express passenger rail service between West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale, safety problems recur at grade crossings.
To improve safety, coastal South County cities continue to add quad-crossing gates that meet i
A Brightline train zips through Delray Beach at Atlantic Avenue. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Pressure is mounting on the express passenger railroad Brightline to improve its safety efforts.
The rail service started Jan. 12 with free ri
By Mary Thurwachter
After voting not to sign on to a crossing agreement with Florida East Coast Railway and All Aboard Florida in February, the Lantana Town Council changed its mind a month later, affirming the agreement at its March 13 meeting.
By Mary Thurwachter
Lantana said no to a crossing agreement with Florida East Coast Railway and All Aboard Florida.
“This has to do with a second line for All Aboard Florida that they are going to be running through our town,” Mayor Dave Stewa
By Jane Smith
All Aboard Florida is continuing to add double tracks and quiet zone devices to south county coastal cities for its Brightline high-speed rail that will link Miami to Orlando along the FEC railroad tracks.
While the double tracks
By Jane Smith
All Aboard Florida is continuing to add double tracks and quiet zone devices to South County coastal cities for its Brightline express rail that will link Miami to Orlando along the Florida East Coast tracks.
While the double trac
By Ann Henson Feltgen
Improving grade crossings and laying new tracks will continue to pose traffic delays and detours this spring, as All Aboard Florida readies train tracks for its Miami-to-Orlando express service, set to begin in mid-2017.
What: Crews working for All Aboard Florida and the Florida East Coast Railway will
temporarily close the following intersections to perform routine maintenance work and
construction improvements necessary for the introduction of the passenger rail serv
Delray Beach’s eight highest-risk FEC railroad crossings were chosen
to receive $1.3 million in safety improvements — creating ‘quiet zones.’
Bruce Borich/The Coastal Star
By Tim Pallesen
Delray Beach will receive federal money to create “quiet z
By Jane Smith
Representatives for a new passenger rail service are courting South County coastal residents to convince them that an express intercity rail link is needed between Miami and Orlando.
All Aboard Florida will operate on the Florida
