Editing St. Lucie County, Florida (section)

===Passenger trains===
Until 1968, the [[Florida East Coast Railway]] provided service between Jacksonville and Miami, with stops in Fort Pierce and [[Jensen Beach]]. Until 1963, long-distance passenger trains of the [[Illinois Central]] (the ''[[City of Miami (train)|City of Miami]]'') and the [[Louisville and Nashville]] (the ''[[Dixie Flagler]]'' and the ''[[South Wind (train)|South Wind]]'') from [[Chicago]], and the Atlantic Coast Line from New York City (the ''[[Champion (train)|East Coast Champion]],'' the ''Havana Special,'' and the winter-only ''[[Florida Special (train)|Florida Special]]''), made stops in Fort Pierce.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Florida East Coast Railway |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=86 |issue=7 |date=December 1953}}</ref><ref>Bramson, Seth H. ''Speedway to Sunshine: the story of the Florida East Coast Railway'', Boston Mills Press, 2010, p. 227. {{ISBN|9781554077533}}</ref>

In 2023, [[Brightline]], an [[inter-city rail]] route that currently runs between [[MiamiCentral|Miami]] and [[Orlando International Airport Intermodal Terminal|Orlando]], announced that it was looking for a site for a new station on the [[Treasure Coast]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 26, 2023 |title=BRIGHTLINE ANNOUNCES PROCESS TO SELECT A TREASURE COAST STATION |url=https://www.gobrightline.com/press-room/2023/brightline-announces-process-to-select-a-treasure-coast-station |access-date=January 6, 2024 |website=www.gobrightline.com |language=en}}</ref> As of 2024, there were no plans to add a station in St. Lucie County. In 2026, a new station, [[Stuart station (Brightline)|Stuart station]], might provide service to [[Stuart, Florida]], just across the [[St. Lucie River]]. However, funding of the station seems precarious.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Califano |first=Caleb |date=2024-09-10 |title=Martin County Commissioners vote to try and continue negotiations with city of Stuart and Brightline |url=https://www.wpbf.com/article/martin-county-brightline-vote-stuart-train-florida/62136672 |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=WPBF |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Burbank |first=Keith |date=2024-09-10 |title=Martin County will try to try to salvage deal for a Brightline station in downtown Stuart |url=https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/martin-county/2024/09/10/vote-in-martin-county-aims-to-try-to-save-brightline-station-in-stuart/75156512007/ |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=Treasure Coast |language=en-US}}</ref>