WINTER PARK, Fla. — SunRail officially opened its first phase on May 1, 2014.
The 31-mile-long Phase 1 operates over the former CSX “A” Line. The 12-station line runs through Volusia and Orange counties and into Downtown Orlando.
A second phase is currently in the works and is slated to open in 2017. SunRail is The Sunshine State’s second commuter rail system. Tri-Rail in Miami was the first.
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It will be at least five years before SunRail trains connect with Orlando International Airport because there is no source of funding for the estimated $100 million it will cost to build the connection, the Orlando Sentinel newspaper reported. Despite that, SunRail officials are looking at a Orlando Utilities Commission-owned spur, which runs alongside airport property and could be expanded to two tracks, as a possibility for a rail link between the airport and the commuter rail system, the newspaper reported. “This is a startup commuter-rail system. It’s going to evolve over time,” the newspaper quoted Steve Olson, a spokesman
