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GlobeSt.com UPDATE: 30-Mile Commuter Line Down but Not Derailed

ORLANDO-A new niche of commercial development is on hold as Florida Central Railroad officials go back to the drawing board to hammer out new cost and operating figures on a train that would run on existing tracks from Downtown through seven northwest Orange and Lake County cities.

By Alex Finkelstein | Updated on August 30, 2001

ORLANDO-Florida Central Railroad officials aren’t giving up on their idea for a 30-mile daily commuter train running from Downtown through seven northwest Orange and Lake County cities, a $64 million concept that has been rejected by Lynx, the regional transportation authority here. The tracks are already in place.

Florida Central vice president Ben Biscan couldn’t be reached at GlobeSt.com’s publication deadline to learn when a new proposal would be presented.

But area commercial real estate developers who had hoped the line would usher in a new wave of development through the two-county area tell GlobeSt.com the plan is still alive.

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