Brightline has been at the center of safety concerns since launching service about seven years ago.

Critics have gone so far as to dub it the “Fright Line” or the “Death Train.”

A new investigation is shedding more light and raising questions about the real reasons why.

A joint investigation by WLRN and the Miami Herald found that Brightline trains have killed 182 people since the rail line’s launch in 2018, making it the deadliest passenger railway in the country per mile.

The joint article, which is linked below, says reporters spent a year analyzing federal rail data, local medical examiner records, and police incident reports — finding, on average, there’s been roughly one death every two weeks of service. Of the 182 deaths, fewer than half were ruled suicides. The total was far more than previously reported.