NEW video showing Brightline’s Boca Raton Station is here! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j71kgthku5zFlYE.html

This was a very fast build. WELL DONE BRIGHTLINE. This with Boca Raton will be excellent. I really want Jacksonville to be the next hub with Amtrak. Make sure to stay off the damn tracks when the barriers are down!

Update: Brightline has told me Aventura Station is still not ready so today’s planned video won’t happen. Hopefully it will open to the public tomorrow. Fingers crossed!

The whole Brightline concept is amazing, THIS is how to build a rail system from the ground up and the attention to detail in every aspect shows ! This will be a real game changer for the state of Florida when all stops are finished and travel within the state will get much easier and faster ! I can't wait until it comes to Tampa and who knows we might even have a route north to Jacksonville ?? Brightline offers beautiful trains, stations and service which is first class in every way. Thank you Brightline !!!! ( Great video !!! )

Great video, im glad it was on my homepage. I have only one recommendation; Take advantage of the guy welcoming you at the door. Tell him you are doing a youtube video and ask if he knows more about the station. You never know what information he may provide!

my biggest hope is that brightline inspires other rail like it around the us. we need MUCH more of this all throughout the country. (would especially love to see a nice 110mph line between raleigh and charlotte)

We made sure to ride Miami to West Palm Beach during our trip in November 2022... had to support the effort (since Houston is... slow to catch up 🐌)... thanks for sharing!

If the emphasis was placed and applied to passenger rail accommodations and trains during the sixties and seventies the way Brightline is doing now, intercity rail travel would be far advanced in more states today. Alas, it's better late than never. I'm happy it's here.

The travel time is actually very slow for trains, but with the extreme traffic congestion you have in Florida, it works just fine with brightline focusing on quality and service, rather than speed, and of course they don’t have the money for grade seperation, electrification, and expensive EMU’s.

Thank you for being upfront about the fact that these rides were given to you by Brightline. So how much weight to give these reviews must be considered with that in mind. I've ridden Brightline a couple of times with tickets I paid for. The experience was pleasurable.

Beautiful station. Excellent design and facilities.

The Brightline in S FL is so cool! Been wanting to see what the interior of the trains look like so thanks for this video!!!

checked google maps (5pm), the drive from brightline aventura to brightline miami is 48 min in the express lane, and 56 min in the regular lanes on I95

Absolutely beautiful new station!!! 😍😍😍😍 Can't wait to visit!!!!!

Love the Brightline! Hope they spread Thru out the country!

Wow. This is how it's done. Well done Brightline!

I’m so happy Aventura and Boca are complete. I’ve taken Brightline at least 100 times since it’s very first inaugural trip! I’ll be trying these stops in a couple days! What a relief to go to Aventura skip the traffic, shop. Or even Uber to Sunny Isles for a beach day

Thanks for showing the Aventura Shuttle. I was so hoping for this!

You only have 6.3k subs?? Never would have guessed. Keep videos like this up and you will grow quickly. Very nice detailed tour with the right amount of fluff. Great video!! Excited to see Boca's station next.

Thank you for this 😉👍🏻. Looking forward to trying it after the holidays

Wow! Beautiful video. Thank you so much! I am appreciate it. Thank you for showing me around. I’m glad you enjoyed your ride on Brightline trains.

Can Brightline come to DC and rebuild Union Station please?!?!??! Thanks so much for the video and for being there to see it live. MUCH appreciated!

First off, brilliant job!

The best! Can’t wait myself!!!

Awesome video. Thanks for the tour. We hope to get down there to tour both stations sometime in the next month. Glad to see you are feeling better.

I wish we can have this connected to most major states/cities Like Florida to Texas, New York, California, Seattle, Washington DC etc Just connected with each other for ease of travel rather than taking a really expensive crowded plane. This can relieve a lot of stress and bring money to the cities and more people will travel. America NEEDS this infrastructure. It doesn’t HAVE to be as advanced as Japan or China. This is GREAT start. We can catch up to Asia’s standard later. Right now we need the basics. TRAINS BUILT AMERICA NOT JUST ROADS AND HIGHWAYS USA simply lost its way as greed and bad design began calling the shots. We can have privatized stuff without it being bad.

Great informative video. Looking forward to the boca and orlando stations

Can’t wait to see your video up to Orlando

Looks like only one platform is operational for the time being because the tracks needs to be shifted over towards the station on the side closer to the station building.

Looks nice! Hope to ride on the Brightline train someday.

OMG Orlando ❤my favorite city 👍😁amazing!!!

Very cool! I took the train on Monday from Boca to Miami and it took just under an hour. When you head down to Miami again on Brightline, check out the Wynwood area near downtown. A quick Uber ride from the station. Lots of cool artwork, tons of little shops and restaurants too!! 😊

Thank you. I didn't think I'd live to see more trains running in auto-dependent Florida.

I am so excited for the Orlando extension but I may try the Miami to West Palm extension

Very cool video!

Yes I agree Brightline is a game changer

I rode Brightline a few times from West Palm Beach to Miami and West Palm Beach to Ft. Lauderdale. Definitely better than dealing with I95.

Wow how exciting ..will wait for escalators to work though!..I hope there will be benches on the platform while waiting . Do you know if this is being considered ?? . Thank you ..great video!

have not rode the train as there is no station in Saint Lucie County at least yet otherwise great update. Gotz to RiDe thE TraIn to GeT to THe HEaT ..

Thanks for sharing

In italy trainstations use underpass + idraulic lift for disable, it is more cheap than two 3flors building plus the overpass

Great review. Will Ubers pick up outside the station and take you to the mall?

Great video, Joel! Did you check your bank account to see if the self-service store charged the correct price? Thanks for the awesome content!

Another bridge to go over to the mall would a good safety measure.

Does the inside of the Aventura station also have stairs instead of just an escalator?

Nice vid! Why trains running on the “wrong” side? Inherited from freight operation?

34 minutes according to Google maps driving on I-95 from Aventura Mall to Downtown Miami at 12:00 noon on a Tuesday afternoon. You save 16 minutes plus add parking to the equation you will probably take longer finding a parking space that will cost you $10.00 an hour.

Boy that was noice! 🥰🥰👍👍 My only beef was that they sold only toy train cars and not genuine model railroad rolling stock. 😤😠 P.S. Did you know that Boca Raton translated into English is Ratmouth? I kid you not.

This is amazing this should decrease traffic and congestion on the roads

Which date I can use it to go from Miami to Orlando ? Thanks

Hey man these brightline toy train things look quite cool I would wish to buy them but I don't know if they are available online to order?

nice video.

Do we know when the Orlando station will open to the public ???

How easy is the last mile? Because the stops seem to be pretty out of the way.

When will the bridge be there?????

I wouldn't consider this real high speed, as in China high speed or what California's working hard to achieve but Its a good medium for passenger rail in a time where hsr is becoming needed and more popular as urbanism is rising.

Looked up car travel time and it came out to 34 min at 11:58 am in a Wednesday

Can you buy tickets with "cash"? I don't have a credit card.

I always appreciate more rail in this country... however...I don't wanna see the same mistakes made with rail like I see with housing. It needs to be more casual and plain even. In my opinion it shouldn't have to be a faux luxury experience, just convienant and reliable and easy to use. Hopefully it inspires more rail built out to towns and neighborhoods along the initial network that connect to these larger regional services.

At 8:52 it is clearly 5 seconds shy of 18 minutes, and the train is still moving.

I’d like to come down to south Florida. Would be interested in flying into Fort Lauderdale or Miami Airport. I would need to take a shuttle to one of the beaches for a hotel. Would you be so kind to do a video with a complete trip from the airport to Lauderdale, Boca, or Sunny Isles beaches on A1A.

So how is one supposed to cross the tracks to the station from Biscayne Blvd? I didn't see any connection from the street across the eastern tracks to the platform.

How my h is a ticket from Miami to AVENTURA MALL

As a legal concealed weapons holder, I always take my weapon when traveling to other cities. What re the Brightline's rules on transporting firearms?

Even at $7 a day for parking, that’s expensive for Aventura where most parking is free including the mall! I bet once that pedestrian bridge is built, no one pays for parking. People will just park at the mall! I suppose maybe they’ll tow if you leave your car overnight; but if I was going somewhere overnight from Aventura station (my mom lives there; I live in Miami) I would take an Uber (or Brightline’s ride share) to the station. So I don’t see any reason to really park at the station. Maybe, if you commute everyday to work and you live west of the train … maybe, if they give a better deal on the parking for commuters/monthly pass holders perhaps. If you live east of Biscayne Blvd though, it would probably actually be faster to park in the mall near the entrance of the pedestrian bridge. (No dealing with the traffic to cross Biscayne Blvd.)

It helps a little. But South Florida remains pathetic for public transportstion compared to any other area its size in the country, especially South Dade and virtually any East/West travel corridors. Rail to Homestead is needed. East/West at Caribbean. East/West at 154th. East West at Kendall. East/West at Bird. East/West at 8th. East West all the way up to West Palm Beach. If those were there, South Florida would start matching other cities and areas. A bus service that's 5 times larger is also needed.

How come u didn’t mention any prices ?

Via Rail and GO Transit when they look at this: WHY DOESN’T MINE LOOK LIKE THAT 😭😭😭

👍🙂

What is the max speed ?

That is a weird looking train with the two locomotives and a single car

Wait...do you get zapped by that stupid security gate EVERY time you want to get on a train? That's awful...

I hope they are cheaper than taking a flight to Orlando

Brightline we need a station in Palm Bay or Melbourne, FL

The fact that you can't walk over Biscayne to the mall is ridiculous.

wow. the interior (the furniture) already looks outdated. I still think this will be a huge success.

NAHHHH HE GOT THERE FIRST

If we could have this option in most major cities more people would take it over an airplane or driving. Lobbyists will block them unfortunately. Airlines, car makers and oil companies would never allow this to flourish SMH!.

So, this is a nice station, but why did they design it like an airport? All you really need for a train station is a covered platform for boarding the train. Seems like overkill to me.

Brightline wack 4 charging 4 parking wtf bs I ain’t riding that thing

Hope high speed electrifications comes before 2035

Brightline please, please safety first. I don’t want to hear about anyone being killed by your trains.

does the aventura have a parkin garage also?

my biggest hope is that brightline inspires other rail like it around the us. we need MUCH more of this all throughout the country. (would especially love to see a nice 110mph line between raleigh and charlotte)

Which date I can use it to go from Miami to Orlando ? Thanks