Universal plans to build rail stop in Orlando’s tourism hub

Universal Orlando Resort has filed paperwork and pledged 13 acres for a commuter railway station which could link the seventh busiest airport in the US to the heart of the tourism district in one of the top travel destinations in the world (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

Universal Orlando Resort has filed paperwork and pledged 13 acres for a commuter railway station which could link the seventh busiest airport in the US to the heart of the tourism district in one of the top travel destinations in the world.

Universal filed an application with Orange County, Florida, to form a quasi-governmental body that will plan, finance, construct, operate, own and maintain a new SunRail station at the Orange County Convention Centre.