tampa bay railway planned
15 years ago…
June 13, 1991 — Standing in front of the then-closed Union Station in downtown Tampa, local officials announced plans to build a commuter system that would link five Tampa Bay area counties along existing rail lines. Hillsborough County Commissioner Ed Turanchik and state Rep. James Hargrett, D-Tampa, jointly proposed the idea that had an estimated price tag of $1 million per mile for the 121-mile system. The planned commuter line would have connected downtown Tampa with locales such as Brooksville, Land O’Lakes, Tampa Palms, Carrollwood, Oldsmar, Safety Harbor, and Clearwater, with a renovated Union Station serving as the system’s hub. Spurs to Tampa International and the University of South Florida were also envisioned as part of the plan.
Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.
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June 13th, 2006 at 11:04 pm
Wow, imagine what this city would be like now if this was done.
June 14th, 2006 at 2:00 pm
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June 20th, 2006 at 6:33 am
As long Hartline (AKA Hart) is not in the planning process and running of it, it should be fine, remember the streetcar problems?