FLORIDA REVIVES PLANS FOR HS LINE

This article reports how authorities in Florida, USA are working on smaller but more realistic high-speed rail proposals, after their first plans received insufficient support in the 1980s. They are actively pursuing the Tampa-Orlando-Miami corridor, one of five new high-speed routes identified by the US Department of Transportation. A 500km high-speed rail line there would cost $US 3.5 billion. Florida is concentrating on the first phase from Tampa to Orlando, where a new 144km line would be built at a cost of $US 1.6 billion, excluding rolling stock. The estimated journey time is 1hr, and the estimated annual traffic is 2.5 million passengers, about 6% of the total Orlando to Tampa travel market. A major civil engineering project on the proposed line would be a $US 300 million 15km long bridge across Tampa bay. Florida state will request proposals to the private sector, to see if there is enough outside interest to fund and build the line. Although Florida is hoping to move directly to high-speed rail, perhaps in collaboration with Amtrak, it is also examining the feasibility of an interim service, which could evolve into commuter rail services. A state-wide study by KPMG Peat Marwick, published in July 1993, examined possible demands for a variety of high-speed rail options.

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• Authors:
  • READ, B
• Publication Date: 1993-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 25-6
• Serial:
  • International Railway Journal
  • Volume: 33
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0744-5326

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Financing; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Travel time; Trip length
• Geographic Terms: United States
• ITRD Terms: 224: Cost; 244: Financing; 697: Journey time; 744: Public transport; 1173: Rail bound transport; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Finance; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00662540
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jul 28 1994 12:00AM