I ride the newest train in America - BrightLine from Orlando to Miami

[@ZonicTheRobot]

This showed up in my feed and I was watching thinking. "Oh cool another train video from a big youtuber." No you're just getting started and the quality is excellent! Great work and I look forward to your channel growing!

[@NickGoesFar]

I really appreciate that! I've got my list of "big KZbinrs" I follow and enjoy - and am inspired by, so perhaps I'm doing a few things right. I'm always learning and honestly, I don't know where those guys all get their energy! Seriously though, thank you. I've got some more rail trips planned going forward this year, and a lot more *not* rail trips as I travel all ways. Hope to hear from you more in the future.

[@SpookyTime0]

Great video! I live in Orlando and will be cruising out of Miami in two weeks. Were taking the Brightline for the first time, so this was super helpful!

[@NickGoesFar]

Glad I could provide some insight! I hope you enjoy the train ride!

[@patricianeubert642]

How far is the Miami port from the Miami Brightline station?

[@OhioTravelswithKris]

Greetings from another Henderson :) just stumbled upon your channel..love train videos

[@NickGoesFar]

Woo woo Henderson’s for the win! Thanks for checking out my channel, there will be more train videos in the future!

[@freelancertohfa]

Awesome.

[@NickGoesFar]

Thanks! It was a great trip.

[@woout1783]

Nice video!!

[@NickGoesFar]

Thank you! It was a blast to film, a cool experience for sure. Thanks for checking it out.

[@adifferenttake8351]

the trains and stations seem very disneyesque. then again, they are appropriate as a novelty train experience for tourists visiting the state. no doubt, children will appreciate the color scheme. never having traveled to or in Asia or taking the train when in Europe, i actually expect as well as enjoy just settling in when i take the train here in the U.S. i don't really expect high speed train travel especially when taking long distance trains as opposed to short jaunts. i admit that having internet service on Amtrak long distance trains traveling along the distance of the east coast of the U.S. would be a welcome amenity.

[@NickGoesFar]

Yeah the internet option would be great, and with services like Starlink making its way onto cruise ships, trains like the BrightLine, and other modes of travel it would seem easy enough to integrate it into the existing Amtrak fleet

[@ryancaldwell9463]

And the Acela is only at top speeds somewhere between NYC and Boston. Not the entire line. Hopefully Brightline’s private dedicated tracks are also rather straight tracks and can do their top speeds for longer.

[@NickGoesFar]

Compared to my time on the Empire Builder I would say that for the most part the trip was a straight shot, or felt like it anyways. The main exceptions being leaving Orlando and going through the Miami metroplex.

[@gossettcd]

This is currently the second fastest train the the US. The Amtrak Acela, on the NYC to Boston leg, achieves speeds of 150mph.

[@NickGoesFar]

I’m pretty sure I mentioned the Acela a couple times in the video

[@s1mpson44]

Great video, I’m in the UK and visit Orlando almost every year, but don’t fancy driving. Really considering using this service for a day trip to Miami, do you think it’s doable? Obviously an early start & a later departure from Miami to spend as much time as we can in Miami. Thinking of a Uber/Lyft from our hotel to the bright line station there and back.

[@NickGoesFar]

It's absolutely doable! They have some super early trains and some late ones. You could very easily Uber to the Orlando station and get down to Miami in time for breakfast. I've not used public transportation in Miami but apparently they have a free people mover train, otherwise Uber worked great there too. You can do it!

[@dynaridr51]

Didn’t he state premium class gives you an Uber within 5 miles, sorry if that’s bad information.

[@s1mpson44]

@@dynaridr51 yes he did mate, I’ve booked my tickets but I’m going standard I’ll just sort out my own Uber / Lyft on the day 👍

[@barrettpickett5603]

I guess the wrap is for the Florida sun. Taking a cruise and this was helpful. The premium seats didn't look that comfortable. Man hardly anybody on it. I thought getting Biden in we could start getting better trains. Even though not as fast. I love a company trying.

[@NickGoesFar]

@@barrettpickett5603 I’m glad the video helped! The wrap is supposedly getting phased out according to the one gal I spoke with - to give riders a better view

[@joelampi6262]

Is the premium train wrapped?

[@NickGoesFar]

from what I could tell it's a bit of a hit or miss thing. The one I filmed leaving the station before my train was wrapped, but the one I was on wasn't. I spoke to an attendant on my ride and she told me that the wrap is one of the main complaints BrightLine gets, and that they're going to be removing it from the windows as cars rotate through maintenance and ad/partner campaigns end.

[@joelampi6262]

Thanks for the quick response.@@NickGoesFar

[@gossettcd]

There are not separate Premium and Select trains.

[@NickGoesFar]

@@gossettcd I think the intent of the question here was more relating to individual train cars, not entire trains.

[@AtticusThings]

This isn't high speed rail. HSR is 155+mph. The 125mph threshold is decades out of date.

[@NickGoesFar]

Correct. Which is why I said that it's the only "technically" high speed train in America. Compared of course to other passenger rail services in the United States.

[@AtticusThings]

@@NickGoesFar which, unfortunately, still isn’t correct because if that’s the standard every NEC train is high speed, not just Acela, since those trains also hit 125 mph.

[@NickGoesFar]

@@AtticusThings thanks for clearing that up for me! 👍

[@AtticusThings]

@@NickGoesFar Of course, great video regardless. I love the Brightline and hope their plans to come to my neck of the woods pan out.

[@viarnay]

More than 120 mph (200 km/h) should be considered high speed although

[@josephschwarten6468]

Brightline Florida isn't High-speed rail. Top speed is 125mph on brand new track. Minimum to be considered High speed is 125+ on upgraded rail(aka the Acela). Then 155+ on brand new trackage(Shinkansen). Which makes Brightline at best considered "Higher" speed rail. Still nice train and glad to see new passenger rail in the U.S. and that people are excited about it.

[@NickGoesFar]

100% correct and I appreciate the extra info too. This is why I prefaced my comment with saying that it's the only "technically" high speed train in America (aside from the Acela). Compared of course to other passenger rail services in the United States, and not globally, in which case our market is still seriously lacking.

[@TheRailwayDrone]

And it only runs that 125mph on a 40-mile segment.

[@patricianeubert642]

Or: It runs that 125 mph on a 40-mile segment. Glass half full.

[@WIgirl26]

I wish they would stop putting the wrap on the windows.

[@NickGoesFar]

@@WIgirl26 you and me both!

[@TheRailwayDrone]

I would be incredibly pissed to take a train only to find my window seat is completely wrapped in advertisements. You guys really need to stop calling this a high speed train. 125mph for only a 40 mile segment doesn't a high speed train make.

[@NickGoesFar]

So, according to one of the car attendants, the wrap has been one of the main complaints BrightLine gets and there are planning on uncovering the window portions as the wraps get rotated off the cars.

[@TheRailwayDrone]

@@NickGoesFar Good. I don't know why companies do that. Most people who love riding trains like to do so in order to see the views. Glad to hear they're listening.

[@SalomonKhammi]

Obviously this is not a high speed train

[@TheRailwayDrone]

@@SalomonKhammi You're late to the convo buddy.

[@SalomonKhammi]

THIS “fastest train” takes 3 hours and 10 minutes from Miami to Orlando in a distance of 234 miles. Meanwhile the new line Barcelona-Roma takes 2. Hours and 45 minutes-in a distance of 357 miles. The “fastest train “ is just an illusion in FLORIDA

[@NickGoesFar]

Right, but I didn’t say it was the fastest train in the world. And last I checked neither Barcelona or Rome are in Florida…so you can’t really compare the two.

[@viarnay]

wrapped windows sucks a lot :- \

[@NickGoesFar]

Yeah that was a real pain - from what one of the car attendants was telling me, Brightline is going to start removing the wrap as they've had so many complaints from passengers about it.

[@patricianeubert642]

Is it also a sun block?

[@JamesGJGSUSHI]

It’s not high speed.

[@NickGoesFar]

@@JamesGJGSUSHI when compared to mainline train travel in the United States it is. I believe that’s why they’ve marketed it as such. But sure, if you compare it to actual high-speed rail in Europe and Asia…then you are correct.

[@DirkGorgiel]

😂🇩🇪

[@NickGoesFar]

🦅 🇺🇸

[@NormanAllan53]

It's too inconvenient and expensive for 1 or 2 persons. Miami to Orlando airport you can find effortless communter flights for under $100 and that with one hour flight time.Why waste 3 hours and spend over $150 on Brightline?

[@NickGoesFar]

That’s the premium cabin, I saw smart fares as low as $49 pp depending on when you take the train. I’d say better seats, no TSA and cheaper if you don’t splurge on premium would be all reasons to look at the train.

[@patricianeubert642]

And many folks travel by train and take a lot more baggage. Or, heaven forbid, might be afraid of flying. I too like airports, Nick.