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This Saturday's Meadow Woods Train Tour Event is Connecting Communities

 

Orange County The SunRail train tour pulls into Meadow Woods this weekend for its third station tour and open house. It's happening Saturday, June 23 at the Meadow Woods Station, 120 Fairway Woods Boulevard, Orlando. The event goes from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. It's expected to be another big draw. Open houses at the Poinciana and Tupperware stations drew an estimated 3,700 people combined. 

 

New service is scheduled to open Monday, July 30, and the train tours provide prospective riders with a taste of what SunRail offers, including information about its 17-mile southern expansion. Also, the new schedule, which begins July 23, is being rolled out at the trains tours as well. Connectivity information is also available as LYNX representatives are attending.

 

SunRail is moving people throughout the region by providing work and leisure opportunities; connecting communities. The expansion adds four new stations; Meadow Woods in Orange County as well as stations at Tupperware, downtown Kissimmee/Amtrak and Poinciana in Osceola County. SunRail can make the daily commute fast, easy and affordable, as well as less stressful. 

 

After this Saturday's event, there is one more train tour planned: 

Kissimmee/Amtrak: 320 Pleasant Street., Kissimmee Saturday, June 30: 5 p.m. until 9 p.m.

 

Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability or family status. Persons wishing to express their concerns relative to FDOT compliance with Title VI may do so by contacting Roger Masten c/o SunRail, 801 SunRail Drive, Sanford, FL  32771; or by phone at (321) 257-7161; or by email roger.masten@dot.state.fl.us. Persons who require accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act or persons who require translation services (free of charge) should also contact Roger Masten via the information provided above.

 

SunRail currently runs 32-mile daily service, stopping at 12 stations, Monday through Friday, from the DeBary Station in Volusia County to the Sand Lake Road Station south of Orlando. For more information about SunRail, including fares, station locations as well as schedule and hours of operation, please visit www.sunrail.com. Please be careful around trains, railroad crossings, and while at station platforms. Be smart. Be safe.

 

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