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[KevinKorell]

Miami, FL Herald, 8/3/15:

A costly piece for Miami-Dade’s east-west route: CSX tracks

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Miami-Dade County’s low-budget solution to an east-west rail line may get hung up on a big-ticket necessity: spending hundreds of millions to purchase tracks now used for cargo.

 

In a letter to the county’s transportation board, the CSX cargo company outlined a framework for considering a plan to run passenger rail on its tracks between Miami International Airport and the county’s western suburbs. CSX’s primary condition could prove costly: It wants Florida to purchase about 35 miles of track the company operates in western and southern Miami-Dade.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Miami Today, Miami, FL, 5/31/16:

CSX Corp. won’t fill Miami’s passenger rail gap

The county has hit a wall in talks with rail company CSX Corp. about buying its freight tracks for an 11-mile east-west commuter line, says Commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr., so it’s not a viable way to relieve traffic congestion.

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