Henry Flagler's railroad may see life again. The Florida Department of Transportation has applied for federal stimulus money to bring Amtrak to the Florida East Coast Railway.
The tracks, which run from West Palm Beach to Jacksonville, haven't seen passenger trains in 41 years.
The goal is to have service start in October 2012. The stimulus money would build eight stations in Stuart, Fort Pierce, Vero Beach, Melbourne, Cocoa Beach, Titusville, Daytona Beach, and St. Augustine; track sidings so trains can pass; and a crossover that would allow Amtrack to switch from the FEC tracks to the CSX tracks that parallel I-95.
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