Brightline completes construction of high-speed rails connecting Orlando to South Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. — Brightline is celebrating a major milestone this week.

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The high-speed rail service says it is celebrating the end of construction to Orlando, as it looks ahead to starting service.

The company says it’s taken years of work and millions of construction hours to get to the milestone.

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Brightline will hold a “spiking event” Wednesday to mark the end of the construction on the rail line from South Florida to Orlando.

Brightline says service will start later this summer.

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The company says it’s taken four years to get to this point.

The extension consists of 170 miles of new track and 56 bridges.

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Thousands of employees worked more than seven million construction hours to complete the project.

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