A Sunrail train approaches Kissimmee during opening day of the south extension.

A Sunrail train makes a stop at Kissimmee during opening day of the south extension.

Opening Day of the southern leg of the Sunrail system. Sunrail trains now serve points south of Orlando including Kissimmee.

Expansion! The next phase of the system, the southern leg had it's opening day today. Trains now service areas south of Orlando.

With the south extension of the Sunrail network nearing completion, a test train runs north through downtown Kissimmee. Note the Osprey with a fish in his talons to the right of the train.

A northbound Sunrail Commuter train approaches the last stop on its northbound journey.

It's a warm Florida February morning as a Sunrail train pushes out of the Winter Park station en route to Orlando.

The first train I catch in the first rays of sunlight, P307 heads towards town. CFRC's symbols stick with the train southbound and north so the rule of evens north odds south does not apply.

Sunrail pushes toward Orlando. The system now over a year old is meeting ridership goals, expansion toward Kissimme and to Orlando Airport are likely next.

Southbound CFRC train pushes out of Sanford stations as thunderstorms rage in the distance.

Central Florida Commuter Rail now has been running for over a year. People are riding and cheerful station ambassadors greet you at the stations.

A Sunrail train crosses the St. John's River shortly after making its station stop in Sanford, Fla. Next station is the current end of the line at DeBary.

Transit oriented development, new apartments built around the Lake Mary station line the route as Sunrail P301 arrives.

Sunrail P303 departs Lake Mary.

Transit orientated development...apartments have sprung up as a result of the Sunrail station.