Rail Corridors
The Florida High Speed Rail Vision Plan anticipates the statewide system will be constructed in phases. The map below illustrates the potential statewide system.
Phase 1 of Florida's High Speed Rail program extends from Orlando International Airport to downtown Tampa.
The rail corridor for Phase 1 is in the median on Interstate 4, and the FDOT has made major investments to preserve this rail corridor. (See image below) To download an aerial view of the the proposed rail alignment and stations for Phase 1 click on the section descriptions below.
Downtown Tampa to 34th Street
34th Street to US 92 (Hillsborough Co.)
US 92 to McIntosh Road (Hillsborough Co.)
McIntosh Road to East of SR 570
East of SR 570 to East of US 98
East of US 98 to East of SR 570
East of SR 570 to CR 557 (Polk Co.)
CR 557 to East of US 27
East of US 27 to West of SR 417
West of SR 417 to SR 535
SR 535 to I-4/SR 528 Interchange
I-4/SR 528 Interchange to Orangewood Blvd.
Orangewood Blvd to East of CR 527 (Orange Co.)
East of CR 527 to North of Heintzelman Blvd
Orlando International Airport
On a national level, President Obama has released his Vision for High Speed Rail in America. The map below illustrates all the proposed routes and systems that could comprise a national system in the future. The Miami Orlando Tampa corridor was one of a handful of corridors designated as a high speed rail corridor early in the process in the 1990s.