>>1055077The main reason why FEC is running Brightline is because the specific railway corridor there using is basically maxed out for how much profit they can get with freight alone (which wasn't that demanding in the first place) so they decided to launch a passenger service to make more money
Now some might say that ticket fares aren't enough to net a profit for FEC, which is completely true, but tickets are only a 1/3rd of how Brightline will generate money, the other 2 goes as follows
Real estate investments: the actual stations Brightline will use are far from your typical amshack and in addition the company is building commercial and residential developments around its 3 South Florida stations.
Food and Beverage: basically having a few big name chefs open restaurants only at the stations so people have a reason to go there and spend money not involving the train
I'm not sure if this is enough to keep it in the black hopefully its enough to keep it running for 2.5 years till the Orlando leg is finished, we'll know for sure when it launches in July (might need to start a new thread for it around then)
