Tri-Rail - A colorful and ambitious commuter train from South Florida
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
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Welcome to this new trip report, this week we are taking a look at Tri-Rail, South Florida commuter train. I thought this was a basic commuter service but once I started working on the video I was impressed by many things...
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- TRIP INFORMATION -
RECORDED IN DECEMBER 2021
Railroad company: Tri-Rail
Train type : BL36PH and Hunday Rotem coaches
From : Tri-Rail/Metrorail Transfer Station to Hollywood
Time : 23 min
Price : 3,75$ one way
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00:00 : Intro
01:10 : Tri-Rail/Metrorail station
01:18 : Tri-Rail's history
02:11 : Arrival of the train
02:44 : Infamous engine
03:12 : Boarding
03:58 : Seat Check
04:27 : Tri-Rail/Amtrak yard
05:19 : The Coastal link
06:14 : Mid roll adds
06:37 : Walkthrough of the train
08:11 : Toilets Time
08:32 : Approaching Hollywood
08:51 : Conclusion and train departure
09:40 : Outro
I remember the Tri Rail from back when I grew up in South Florida. When I was in 4th grade, my class and I went on a field trip and we took the Tri-Rail train to West Palm Beach to go to the Whitehall Flagler museum, have lunch at Chuck E. Cheese’s and go to the Dreher Park Zoo (now the Palm Beach Zoo). Pretty fun! I liked riding on the Tri-Rail.
Maybe this is just me, but I actually quite like the look of the Locomotive.
Brookville Locomotive BL36PH.
oh yea like i know a trains main purpose is point a to point b but that does not mean we can't ride in style
@@kurtpunchesthings2411 Search "Nankai 50000 series". Most stylish imo.
It kinda just looks like a knock off F59-PHI but I think it’s cool
@@tehangrybird345 looks like a mp36ph
Every metro area in the U.S should have a similar service
You write the first check, and see who follows along.
Miami's metro is easier than others since it's narrow and long, designers can get away with a few lines connecting all major areas, However most metros in US are sprawled and have aggregious dead zones for transit, Which will make it much more difficult compared to the Miami West Palm Beach corridor.
In la they couldn't even afford to replace all their old cars so they replaced the outside cars with the newer safer ones and called it a day. They are also not even the same colors. And in 2018 we had 4 different loco models with 3 different liveries
Tri Rail provides decent frequent service to Southeast Florida, very practical and cost effective. You see a lot of flight crew, pilots and attendants riding it if they live in Palm Beach County and need to fly out of Ft Lauderdale or Miami International. Saves on gas, parking and stress.
this reminds me of my days living in South Florida, having to take the Tri Rail sometimes between Broward and Palm Beach counties, when I didnt feel like driving.
I’m really impressed. The livery is charming and the interior is just fine. My experience of Florida is of endless multi lane freeways and stroads so it is great to see that rail travel is really expanding. Also impressive is that the train had a lot of passengers, including people with bikes, so that bodes well for the future. I’m definitely going to find a way to take the train, either this system or Brightline, the next time I’m there.
My first impression from this video was also "wow, so many passengers!". Every video I've watched about commuter rail in the US always gives the depressing image of desolate platforms where empty ghost trains stop without a purpose. It's so relieving to find a city with a successful commuter railway in the US!
It’s always been a busy train. I remember riding it in the late 90’s with plenty of people on board.
I don’t know much about Florida and I didn’t know this line had been operating for so long. Impressive!
@@ozgirl45As a Floridian, I’ve used it many times. It’s goaded in some areas. I just wish they would change the paint (which they’re finally doing).
I remember I took the Amtrak Silver Star down to Fort Lauderdale and back up a week later, as I was waiting for the train I encountered tons of Tri-Rail trains then. It was very cool to see.
When I visited Miami I took Brightline up to west palm beach, walked over to the Tri-rail station and took that service back to Miami. I wanted to experience both as a visiting railfan. Brightline price was like 8x as much but was much nicer and significantly faster. Brightline is fantastic service, but tri-rail is fantastic value. I'm glad both services exist, there is definitely a market for both. I just wish Amtrak Miami station was integrated with either service.
Brightline seems to be focused on the longer distance traveller with their Orlando section and future westward and northward expansions. I think tying both networks together strengthens both services, especially if you can get a single booking trip including connections.
When my late parents lived in Boynton Beach, I occasionally took Tri-Rail to visit Miami, getting off at the transfer station and taking the Metro downtown. At the time Tri-Rail was using F40PH locomotives and the Bombardier Bi-Level coaches. I found the service to be clean and efficient. A direct connection to downtown Miami would be an improvement.
They recently remodeled the F40s so they are being used again. They also got rewrapped to match Tri Rail livery.
They are doing testing and officially opening downtown Miami this fall
I used this line a few times, but took the Metrorail, which it connects to for work a few times a week. I caught this train from the Airport to West Palm Beach. As for the engine, it looks like a Bat-Train hiding behind that livery! 😉
BTW, I was at that Amtrak Station for my trip from Miami to Winter haven, Florida almost a month ago!
I agree with them sharing the Brightline Station they will definitely get more passengers! Now hoping for that Brightline extension to Lakeland & Tampa in a few years.
Unless they recently did away with it there should still be one or two F40’s in service with the original green and orange livery, which I’m biased towards since I’m a UM fan lol. But yeah the Tri-Rail has always been a busy and very important service down here since there’s a ton of people who live in one county and work in one of the other two.
That was my train station I would connect to go to work. Beautiful camera work and video.
I didn't realize that Tri-Rail purchased the Hyundai Rotem cars. I rode Tri-Rail back in 2007 when I was speaking at Railvolution and will be back there in Oct/Nov for this year's Railvolution so I will have to try them out along with Brightline. However, the last I heard is that the extension to the Government Center station is been put on indefinite hold because the aerial structure approaching the station was not designed to handle the heavier Tri-Rail equipment.
I remember using the trirail to get travel around when I used to live in soflo. I always thought it was good service not the best but certainly good
looks to be a pretty full train, especially in florida where planning favors cars and sprawl
Tri-Rail has always been busy since it began in the early 90’s. It’s popular with people who live in one of the three counties but work in one of the others, and there’s tons of people down here who do.
Amazing video as always, thanks Thibault !
Tri-Rail in South Florida. Must be a popular railway line that serves the North Miami areas. And the weather is calm.
Simply and clear video on confy way to travel.
Hunday? Are you trying to say Hyundai?
This looks like an extremely successful well-planned commuter service. I'm familiar with the east coast of Florida and I would think there would be a lot of utility extending the service further north because it's a long string of towns and suburbs which probably could use the service going to and from Miami.
Yeah I agree. They could definetly expand to Riviera and Jupiter if they wanted to, im pretty sure thats still in palm beach county
i think they should also expand south to homestead
then again it IS homestead so idk
@@ceek16 Then North to Jacksonville. I think it would be very successful.
@@MostHigh777 yeah that too but not on tri rail, brightline would be a better fit
02:11 watching each and every video for this sound ❤️ 🚄🎶🔊🔔
I’ve ridden it a couple of times years ago. I’m glad they are linking things together - that connectivity has always been an issue, and it should make it even more popular.
3.75 Isnt expensive for a 22 min ride, especially when tolls are more, gas is expensive, and youre getting on a legit train, not a subway or streetcar.
I thought the same, 3.75 sounds pretty okay, not cheap but not so expensive either
Yes
I rode this about 8 years ago from FLL to Miami, for a cruise. i liked it
just to correct you, Hyundai is spelled with an "I".
I use to take this to go from my apartment in Broward to PBCC
Great trip report
Lindo trem da florida gostei 👍 bom
I remember going onto Tri-Rail during my second visit to Florida in 2019. I've never encountered any Hyundai Rotem coaches and were mostly on Bombardier Bi-Level coaches, which again is a first for me, a Long Islander. I was on two trainsets going from West Palm Beach to Miami Airport and back each powered by an M-K F40PHL-2 (going south) and the featured Brookville BL36PH (going north) locomotives.
Lovely video. (Hyundai perhaps?)
Great trip. 5 stars for the livery, 1 star for the cab car and the engine visual. I think it should be Hyundai Rotem, not Hunday Rotem.
Pretty sure it IS Hyundai Rotem
Nice Video
nice trip
I didn't know about Tri-Rail's inception story, sounds like Shore Line East here in Connecticut. I also like the livery, I wish trains in the US were more colorful and not just stainless steel. Nice that there are shuttles to the airports! Also was there no soap in the bathroom?!
I have never been one 🤔
Want to try ‼️
Nice 👍
I love tri-rail my only complaint is I just wish they had better seats
Nice
Great to see so many bikes on board!
I don't know if this is really true or not, but I get the feeling public mass transit is slowly but surely returning to the US. Maybe it's somewhat austere at the moment, and probably won't be the envy of the world any time soon, but any progress makes me happy.
That’s what they said about china prior to 2008
3:04 what the duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhh
Locomotive front looks like one of the shuttlecraft from Star Trek.
It’s Hyundai not Hunday, right??
Wow 😲 modern USA, American railways developing
Surprised the toilets are clean on this train given the area its in.
Any chance of Tori-Rail moving further north? Looks like a great service!
Thank you for this video! I needed an exterior and interior video of the trainset for a train simulator. Much appreciated!
It should be cab into Miami & 🚂 out to Mangonia Park
3:01 the only other engine that would be able to compete shine the brookville is the MPI HSP46
I’m kinda surprised that while it primarily parallels the FEC route, its over CSX tracks. I’m hyped up that in its future, the Tri Rail line is expanding/connecting up with Brightline’s FEC trackage.
2:50 I think SunRail has a more ugly locomotive. the MP32PH-Q has the cab of an MP36 on the body of a GP40WH-2
4:45 I've seen that railcar in Kansas City when it was being shipped out to Florida! I remember someone told us this car was a diesel railcar and not just a coach. It's a shame they aren't using these six cars. If Denver's A-line began construction three years earlier, they probably would've used Colorado Railcar equipment
Tri Rail is what Sunrail needs to be.
Just a heads up for any future videos riding on Rotems, it’s spelt Hyundai
Tri Rail, the East Coast's Metrolink, at least equipment wise lol
I cannot believe Florida of al places seems to be leading the USA in terms of passenger rail development. Awesome to see this in America!
You can't even drive around Miami without hitting a toll road nowadays. Tri-rail is needed now more than ever. So glad it's still running!
I think it looks fine for a commuter train, it appears clean. The engine isn’t that ugly kinda of modern if it’s made by Hyundai like the. Impaneled that makes the cars they were going for a “fluid” look or design a few yrs back maybe that’s why it looks like it does?? Really it’s not that ugly. Thanks for the review
I love tri rail I've always wanted to hop on one
August 2022 in a transfer train station?
I caught the tri rail about 5 years ago from hollywodd to the Tri rail/metro transfer station (where i continued on the metro to miami) and back again. Sadly on the way there someone had been hit by a train so the train was replaced by a bus to Coral Gables.... but I had to wait well over an hour for the bus to come. I was visiting my sister who was living at Pembroke pines at the time (I'm Australian) and I am vision impaired so i have to catch public transport and I found the public transport in South East Florida to be weird. Miami dade appears to have a great metro system but Broward county's bus routes seem to go straight west-East/East West with only very limited services going from pembroke pines to miami in the "peak times" to get people to/from work and the buses seemed to be slow. Its as if Broward and Miami Dade Counties don't speak to each other in regards to public transport. There's so much open spaces around the roads in broward Counnty. I feel that Broward county could invest in some Light rail lines to convey passengers to the Tri Rail and then find a way to get the tri rail to run right into Miami. My 2 cents worth on south east Florida Public transport. lol EDIT: Just finished watching the video. Its great to see that tri rail will be going through to the Brightline Terminal!
Interesting temporary commutet line that became permanent. I' m 6ft2in and would find seats a bit cramped.
Thanks Thibault
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Interesting spelling for "Hyundai" Rotem
Neat ....America 's got it all ...Ill get there ........some day
Wish you'd ridden to FLL. I'd like to know how good the Tri-Rail connection to that airport is.
Full size buses and timed so they leave around 10 minutes after a train pulls in. Good connector service
Pls try the most BAD TRAIN in world
Tri-Rail that is…
No way you're going to drive from Downtown Miami to Hollywood Florida in 22 minutes unless it's at 2:00am. At best during the mid-day on a weekday you're looking at about 30 minutes. If during rush hour your talking 1 hour.
Buy a paper ticket and not the Easy Card if you think you'll forget to tap it.
The Tri-Rail's engine doesn't look that bad
that was so the best comfortable train i've had every scene now right?
Tri-Rail's BL36 doesn't look that bad
What the heck is Hunday😂😂😂
How much demand is there to go from one Miami suburb to the next?
Did you see the train yard near the Airport? Tri-Rail actually still has on their property some very unique double-decker DMU from Colorado Railcar. These were trialed, but apparently were not successful.
It's Hyundai not Hunday
I would love to see a SLOW train with a Diner that cooks good food an exploration car and great sleeper take a ten to Twenty day trip accross the USA!
With tourism and non-natives who retire there, South Florida has changed so much that it's barely recognizable each time I go home. I truly miss the old days which included riding Tri-Rail with my dad and brother from WPB to FLL to MIA and then back home. It was way less crowded and such a fun day trip for sure! #iMissMyFlorida
The ugliest engine in North America at this time? What about compared to the P42DC? Don't get me wrong, I love the P42s. But, I have to admit they're not the best lookers out there. The ALC-42 looks way better. It doesn't sound better than the P42s, but it looks better.
I think trirail is a pretty good service as it stands, but to modernize they may need to do what Caltrain does and electrify Miami airport to FLL when feasible.
Thanks for spelling Hyundai Rotem incorrectly!
Brightline better
Isn't it Hyundai, like the car company, not Hunday?
The cab car looks pretty ugly to be honest. Ill take the CEM cab car
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I’m surprised by how solid this somewhat small commuter service is, however, it is absolutely appalling that it is not electrified. US railroads will never learn! 😤
The entire line is 75mi long so decently long for a commuter.
USA is a weak country infrastructure wise
American transit is such a joke. "Oh we will just run this train as a stopgap measure while we build this highway, then cancel so everyone can get back in their cars asap!"
Thank God there was some sense talked into the decision makers back then
Whatever you say, Liam.
One thing to consider is gas back in 1989 was less than a buck a gallon. The mindset was different back then because of that fact alone.
Temporary service? Are you kidding or just naive? Anything the government does rarely if ever goes away.
I would say Metrolinks’s F125 is uglier
I am sick to death of "toilets time." It's always the same -- everything is wonderful. For those times it's not, THEN talk about the bloody toilet. Otherwise, give us a rest.