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David Lyons

What it takes to get a train station in your South Florida city

When Boca Raton, Florida Mayor Scott Singer took his first Brightline train trip to Miami, he was instantly sold on the idea that his city had to go along for ride.

A Brightline station was a must for his downtown, where no passenger train had stopped for more than 50 years.

“When Brightline was set up we wondered from the beginning why they weren’t thinking of Boca Raton as a separate center of commerce and tourism, because it is,” he said in an interview.

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