Disney backs high-speed train in central Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Walt Disney World is putting its weight behind central Florida's bid for $2.5 billion in federal money to construct a high-speed train that links Orlando and Tampa.

Disney officials said this week they will support a stop at the Orange County Convention Center, as well as provide up to 50 acres of free land for a station.

But there is intense competition for the federal money.

Nearly 280 communities have already submitted applications for the $8 billion set aside by the Obama administration and Congress for high-speed mass transit systems.

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