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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [QB] Before this topic gets banished to the archives, here is an update from the objective Cox Enterprises' Palm Beach Post and, to me, their insightful Business reporter: http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/business/brightline-west-palm-miami-year-end/4gFiNtGTUAXyOHcjqnHAzI/ Fair Use: [i][list] [*]All Aboard Florida’s Brightline passenger train service will start carrying passengers between West Palm Beach and Miami by the end of the year, offering introductory fares and “buy-one-get-one free” offers to entice commuters to ride. Brightline had said the first leg of its service was expected to start service in late summer, with a grand opening ceremony expected to be held in the fall. But during a tour of the company’s sprawling MiamiCentral station on Monday, Brightline’s CEO Dave Howard said trains will begin carrying passengers later this year. The exact schedule is expected to be released in the coming weeks, and ticket prices will be announced about 10 days before service begins, company officials said. “No one has done this in more than 100 years,” Howard said of the company’s plan to return passenger train service to Henry Flagler’s historic railroad corridor. “There really is no template. We want a safe and successful launch [/i] [/list] Unlike Gannett's Treasure Coast Newspapers, the Post does not appear to be the "house organ" for the "anti-AAF" factions to the North, but at this time, it appears the August "launch" date is quickly sliding by. Possibly they are holding out for a Miami-WP "launch", but either way, they will have a Miami-WP "Super Shuttle" that, let's be honest, "hasn't a prayer". WP-McCOy continues to be set back; I will get no personal "I told you so" satisfaction, as I would have definitely taken a "bumper post to bumper post" joyride. That the railroad and FECI, AAF'S parent, are now owned by Mexican and Japanese interests respectively "hardly helps the cause". Likewise the "in the B's" financing is hardly a "slam dunk". Use FECI's "pot of Gold" from selling the railroad forAAF? Sorry folks, "we don't do it that way no more". "Debt free is for sissies and makes you ripe for a takeover." While extending Tri-Rail to Miami Central makes a lot of sense (even if the existing airport service will have to be "rationalized"), that won't happen so long as AAF operates MIA-WPB. All told, I think the AAF end game will be a B-School case study. I think there will be many an avenue for students to analyze "what went wrong". [/QB][/QUOTE]
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