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If you’re prone to believing shit that super-rich white dudes say, then get ready for some higher-speed rail to eventually come to Tampa.

That’s according to British billionaire Richard Branson who told WTVT Fox 13 that he’s “100% confident” that his recently rebranded Virgin Trains USA will land in our neck of the woods.

“Obviously reassured we just raised $1.8 billion to do the first major leg of that,” Branson told the station. “I’m absolutely certain that Tampa will be getting Virgin Trains in the very near future.”

Brightline, err, Virgin Trains USA, already runs from South Florida to Orlando, and the murmurs about a link along I-4 to Tampa were already known, but it’s pretty cool to hear it from the money guy, right?

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