Correction: Florida Train Service-Branson story

MIAMI — In a story April 4 about Virgin Trains USA, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the public rollout of the new partnership took place Wednesday. A corrected version of the story is below: Miami gives Branson celebrity welcome for train renaming British billionaire Richard Branson drew an enthusiastic crowd in Miami for the public rollout of his Virgin Group’s partnership with Florida’s privately owned, higher-speed passenger rail service By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press MIAMI — Billionaire businessman Richard Branson got a rock star’s welcome at Thursday’s public rollout of his Virgin Group’s partnership with Florida’s privately owned, higher-speed passenger rail service that backers hope will soon stretch from Miami to Orlando. They just haven’t taken to trains because “the rail service was not great.” “Brightline has already proven that wrong with its first offering,” Branson told The Associated Press, pointing to its 100,000 monthly riders. Joseph Krist, a Court Street Group analyst who has been following Brightline, said it is “very hard to tell” whether Virgin Trains USA will thrive long-term once the glamour and novelty fades.