Brightline Orlando's FIRST Train! 125 MPH from MCO to MIA

A quick note I want to add after the fact: Although Brightline invited me to Florida and paid for my roundtrip tickets between Orlando and Miami, all of the opinions expressed in the video are my own. Also another HUGE Thank you to Brightline for allowing me to be a part of railway history!

Brightline actually ordered 20 extra cars instead of 4 sets. They will be added to all 10 sets in service. They also have 10 Cafe cars on order for all the trains. So every train will have 7 cars. 7 cars trains will be expected by 2024-2025. Edit: I was wrong read in the comments.

I love how I can see Miles in Transit by the escalators on the right in the background at 5:52 doing his thing, on top of you watching him get yelled at for running at 0:08 😂. The accessible seating is great! A little touch I appreciate at the MCO station is how the screens at 1:31 say Hello, Hola, and Olá, especially how it acknowledges all Latinos in Florida, not just the Hispanics like the many Cubans and Puerto Ricans, but also the Brazilians who of course speak Portuguese, which Orlando has a growing amount of Brazilians. The Mary Mary Bar at Brightline stations is in reference to Florida East Coast Railway founder Henry Flagler’s first and third wives, Mary Lily Kenan and Mary Harkness Flagler! And it's so nice to see communities like those at Stuart so passionate for the Brightline! From 1893 to 1895, Stuart was called Potsdam. This name was chosen by Otto Stypmann, originally from Potsdam, Germany. It was renamed Stuart in 1895, in honor of landowner Homer Hine (Jack) Stuart Jr, who owned 160 acres around the old Stuart railway station. Fort Lauderdale on the other hand is named for a Second Seminole War fortification built on the banks of the New River in 1838, named after Major William Lauderdale

Great review! As an American with a lifelong visual impairment, I think too many people forget that not everyone chooses not to drive, but some of us simply never can in the first place. Although I see where more stations would be great along the current route that would slow down the train, so maybe they could use some of their passenger vans to shuttle people form their origin point to the nearest station and vice versa. Hope Brightline West can start construction, especially as we in the US have been car dependent for far too long. I'm only in my mid-20's, but it's going to be interesting to look back on in retrospect in the few decades.

I enjoyed that you caught Miles in transit get yelled at for running to the front of the train.

It’s not just higher train volumes, but better trip times that are needed. Even though they tout themselves as high speed rail, they only hit 125mph on that short section. Considering that a lot of their traffic is in the Miami to West Palm Beach area, they should really focus on getting their trains to hit 110mph on that portion rather than 79mph. In the far future (15+ years), maybe they’ll electrify the route and get themselves some tilting trains that could better manage the old FEC tracks. Only time will tell, but it’s nice that we finally have a system in this state.

As a British/European (who already have 125mph and faster train) I am truely impressed and well done Brightline for getting this done! I hoep the general public see this and more such projects come to fruition. I always believed that when the high speed rail bug hits the US, that the US could quickly lead this, as the country is actually more suited to this form of travel, and most objecttions seem to be more just unfamiliarity and genuine. Will definatly be using it on my next trip there!

From Simply Railways video, some of the carriages seemed to have wheel flats already, the noise of which would get tiring rather quickly over time. Hopefully they resolve those quickly. Hopefully America will continue to reinvigorate its railways.

Thanks for your delicious review of Brightline from my hometown Orlando to Miami.

We rode brightline from west palm to miami and back earlier this year and we absolutely loved the experience. So much better than dealing with traffic down there on the freeways. so excited to see it now open to orlando~!

I can't wait to ride the train. Very excited. I love Amtrak so I will love Brightline.

Texas would benefit from a privatized rail system like this. A HSR mainline connecting Amarillo->DFW->Downtown Dallas->Waco->Austin->San Antonio->Houston Intercontinental->Downtown Houston. DFW and Houston are global hubs while the other cities have limited flight options and would benefit from HSR. Given the fact all these cities are seeing a major population boom and real estate investment, now would be a great time to build it.

Great job as always! We love Brightline!

Choo-choo! Great work. I can't wait to take Brightline when I'm next over from Europe, great views from the windows!

I've ridden Brightline several times between Miami and West Palm Beach and it's an awesome experience. I

I've been watching Brightline videos (especially construction) for a couple years and they seem to run a very nice operation. The ride looked so smooth. I am really looking forward to Brightline West because driving to Vegas from SoCal is a nightmare.

Wow!!! That was amazing!

Wow, it’s actually hilarious how many people are sayin “Oh LoOk ThE Us HaS HiGh SpEeD rAiL nOw” when by essentially no worldwide standards is 125 mph even close to the low end of the HSR spectrum. Also hello Acela, sure it only goes 150 mph in little areas but it still reaches that speed.

Simply Railway's review on Brightline was the problem of the window's being covered, where yours were clear..I assume the covering was to show off the great color scheme and would be removed later...looks like a great train ride....thanks for the review...🌞🌞🚂🚂

Nice!! I really hope that train is a success and shows car dependent America that a different form of transport is possible. The trains look amazing, I get a feeling that more and more trains in the US move away from that "we couldn't afford the paint job" metallic look. Which is really nice! It may be barely scratching the high speed rail definition (over here that would be 200km/h for upgraded lines, but 250km/h for newly built ones) but I guess this speed is pretty much the best you can do with diesel. I'm really excited for Brightline West, now that will be true high speed rail! Imagine the people in cars being like - "Was that a train just passing us?" - "Don't know! It was such a blur!" 😅