Oops! Amtrak Trains Don’t Fit in Miami’s $2 Billion Train Station
24th April 2018
When the $2 billion Miami Intermodal Center (MIC) started construction in 2011, the plan was to have its central station serviced by long-distance Amtrak trains.
Construction finished in 2013 and while three different rail services currently operate at the station, Amtrak is nowhere to be found. The reason? The platform built for Amtrak is 200 feet too short for Amtrak’s long-distance trains.
This is why we don’t have government employees in charge of our health care.
Britain made that mistake after WWII and is still suffering for it.
The problem was first discovered shortly after construction began, but who exactly is to blame for the multi-million-dollar mishap, or what is to be done about it now, remain open questions.
Prediction: Nobody will get fired, nobody will go to jail.