Billionaire plans to build a speed train that goes to LA to Las Vegas

[slayer14]

2 hour will journey time

[gauchojake]

Slayer do you get your news by carrier pigeon?

[ChuckyTheGoat]

2 hour will journey time

I like it. What do you think Cost will be?

$80 one-way?

[bjb7223]

2 hour will journey time

LA to Vegas is 1 hour flight time. This will be a waste of money.

[gauchojake]

Nothing but ghetto trash will be on this train

[gauchojake]

Sign me up

[unde0087]

Slayer do you get your news by carrier pigeon?

[KVB]

Slayer do you get your news by carrier pigeon?

[funnyb25]

Slayer do you get your news by carrier pigeon?

[VeggieDog]

Nothing but ghetto trash will be on this train

You ain't lying.

[stevenash]

Meanwhile a new mega brick and mortar resort/casino proposal is all but signed off on in Long Island next door to the Coliseum.

Once that is completed the gaming capital of the US will be the Mass./Ct./NY/NJ megalopolis.

MGM Springfield is doing well, same with Boston.
Mohegan Sun still thriving in Ct...

Las Vegas is going to be a third option for east coast gamblers in three years or less.

[d2bets]

Makes sense. Will save from a lot of driving.

[KDeen10]

The hyperloop concept is more efficient than a train. It can meet demand when it's high or scale down when it's low. Running a big train that may not always be even mostly full seems less efficient than individual pods. Why do the pods need to be in a vaccum tube they're just maglevs anyway.

[bjb7223]

The hyperloop concept is more efficient than a train. It can meet demand when it's high or scale down when it's low. Running a big train that may not always be even mostly full seems less efficient than individual pods. Why do the pods need to be in a vaccum tube they're just maglevs anyway.

Hyperloop would kill the airline industry so the politicians would never allow it. It's a great concept, you could work in NYC, but live in DC and your commute would be twenty minutes.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

The hyperloop concept is more efficient than a train. It can meet demand when it's high or scale down when it's low. Running a big train that may not always be even mostly full seems less efficient than individual pods. Why do the pods need to be in a vaccum tube they're just maglevs anyway.

Tell me more. How often will this Vegas/LA train run? Every two hours?

Speed? 120 mph?

How much transit is there for Vegas/LA? Is this in hi-demand?

I think it's much better than a plane. The Airport check-in is so tedious.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Hyperloop would kill the airline industry so the politicians would never allow it. It's a great concept, you could work in NYC, but live in DC and your commute would be twenty minutes.

Great minds think alike. I like Train so much better than Airline.

[bjb7223]

Tell me more. How often will this Vegas/LA train run? Every two hours?

Speed? 120 mph?

How much transit is there for Vegas/LA? Is this in hi-demand?

I think it's much better than a plane. The Airport check-in is so tedious.

there is no train

[KVB]

Bullet train projects in California have a history of failure, or incompletion...

The bullet train from LA to Vegas has been an idea on the verge of happening for like 50 years.

I think it was the carrier pigeon's grandchild that finally passed word on to slayer.

[Slurry Pumper]

I've been hearing about all of these high speed trains popping up across the U.S. for maybe 2 decades now. Everytime it ends up not happening. A high speed rail from LA to LV should be about an hour or less if they wan to make it a thing people want to ride on. How long does it take to drive anyway? Once you get out of the LA area it looks like you can blast along the highway. Regular cruising speeds here in the North East are around 70-75 mph for conservative drivers who want to get places.
Unless I can show up 10 minutes before the train leaves and waltz onto the train, I just don't see people taking this option.

[JIBBBY]

I don't trust trains as they derail. LA electric trains are empty and suck now also. One good earthquake and they all go flying off the rails!

I'd rather take a bus or fly if I couldn't drive.

[gauchojake]

I've been hearing about all of these high speed trains popping up across the U.S. for maybe 2 decades now. Everytime it ends up not happening. A high speed rail from LA to LV should be about an hour or less if they wan to make it a thing people want to ride on. How long does it take to drive anyway? Once you get out of the LA area it looks like you can blast along the highway. Regular cruising speeds here in the North East are around 70-75 mph for conservative drivers who want to get places.
Unless I can show up 10 minutes before the train leaves and waltz onto the train, I just don't see people taking this option.

4.5 hours there

6-10 hours back on the weekend

At least that's what it was the last time I did it. I haven't driven to Vefas in at least 15 years.

[texhooper]

I’m actually working on a machine that will cut my dick off and shoot it into outer space and within an hour it will blow up the planet Mercury and form a giant flaming penis in the sky, at which point I will turn to my dog and say “look how big my dick is, sweet boy” and then feed him my testicles

[19th Hole]

Remember the hyperloop proposal between San Francisco and Los Angeles?
How is that working out?
Seems the infrastructure $$$ is prohibitive.

[gauchojake]

I’m actually working on a machine that will cut my dick off and shoot it into outer space and within an hour it will blow up the planet Mercury and form a giant flaming penis in the sky, at which point I will turn to my dog and say “look how big my dick is, sweet boy” and then feed him my testicles

Cool

Let us know when you're done

[19th Hole]

High-speed train connecting LA and Las Vegas expected to open in 2027

LOS ANGELES — Getting to Las Vegas from Los Angeles has always been problematic.
Flying is fast but expensive. Driving is cheap but slow. In just a few years, however, there will be another option: a train that will whisk visitors across California and into Nevada in half as much time as it takes by car.


Rail operator Brightline West announced late last month that it has struck a deal with the High-Speed Rail Labor Coalition to begin work on the nation’s first high-speed rail project. The all-electric train will connect a station in Apple Valley, east of the city of LA, to Las Vegas along Interstate 15. The 218-mile trip will take about 85 minutes on a train that will have a cruising speed of 200 miles per hour.


“Americans want high-speed rail and Brightline West and the High-Speed Rail Labor Coalition will deliver,” according to a statement from the coalition, which includes 13 rail worker unions representing 160,000 freight, regional, commuter and passenger railroad workers in the U.S.


Construction on the $10 billion project will create 35,000 jobs and is expected to begin later this year. Brightline West expects operations will begin in 2027.


“As the most shovel-ready high-speed rail project in the United States, we are one step closer to leveling the playing field against transit and infrastructure projects around the world, and we are proud to be using America’s most skilled workers to get there,” Brightline Holdings Chief Executive Mike Reininger said in a statement.


In 2020, Brightline signed a right-of-way agreement that allows it to build the 135-mile California portion of the corridor in the middle of Interstate 15. The agreement allows CalTrans to oversee construction and maintenance of the rail line that will begin in Apple Valley at a train station to be constructed off Interstate 15’s Dale Evans Parkway exit.

Because Apple Valley isn’t exactly LA, Brightline will build an extension of the line to a Metrolink station in Rancho Cucamonga. Both stops will allow Brightline’s Las Vegas train to connect to the greater LA area’s more robust transportation network.


“That gets the project into the LA region,” Brightline West spokesperson Ben Porritt told Spectrum News. “So if you’re traveling from Las Vegas to Rancho, you could hop off our train and basically walk right into a Metrolink train to get anywhere you wanted within the SoCal region.”


Metrolink’s Rancho Cucamonga station is on the San Bernardino line that runs between Los Angeles Union Station and Redlands. Brightline West will have a dedicated platform, according to Metrolink spokesperson Karen Baker.

“This is really exciting because their service could bring a whole new market to Metrolink,” Baker said.

The Southern California commuter rail system is working with Brightline to figure out how travelers will get between the two platforms and what fare will be charged “to make sure it’s a seamless experience for anyone using both systems,” she said.

Brightline has received $1 billion in private activity bonds from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help fund the project. Brightline West has also applied for a portion of $7.2 billion in U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration grants for high-speed intercity passenger rail.

This month, the Federal Railroad Administration is expected to post its environmental assessment of the project and the permits that go with it, securing Brightline West’s right of way and allowing the project to proceed.
The only privately owned and operated intercity passenger railroad in the United States, Brightline currently operates along a 70-mile stretch of South Florida, connecting Miami with West Palm Beach. Later this year, it will extend its services another 170 miles to Orlando.

Brightline’s train connecting the LA area and Las Vegas will be its first on the West Coast. LA is the top market of origin for Las Vegas visitors, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Prior to the pandemic, in 2019, 1.6 million Angelenos visited “Sin City.”

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Brightline West had secured bonds from the states of California and Nevada.

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[19th Hole]

High-speed train connecting LA and Las Vegas expected to open in 2027

LOS ANGELES — Getting to Las Vegas from Los Angeles has always been problematic.






Brightline West will connect to the city of LA via Metrolink. (Photo courtesy of Brightline West)





Because Apple Valley isn’t exactly LA, Brightline will build an extension of the line to a Metrolink station in Rancho Cucamonga. Both stops will allow Brightline’s Las Vegas train to connect to the greater LA area’s more robust transportation network.


Brightline West's high-speed train connecting LA and Las Vegas is expected to begin operations in 2027. (Photo courtesy of Brightline West)

[flyingillini]

Why would you want to do that? Just hop on a plane faster.

[flyingillini]

Nothing but ghetto trash will be on this train

Southwest = Middle America White Trash

[19th Hole]

Southwest = Middle America White Trash

Cattle Cars.

[flyingillini]

Cattle Cars.

Branch Davidians

[19th Hole]

Branch Davidians

That branch is very thin and quiet these days.

[19th Hole]

No matter how fast the rail service it seems superfluous
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The hyperloop captures my attention.

[JIBBBY]

I'll believe it when I see it. To much red tape and obstacles.

[KVB]

I'll believe it when I see it. To much red tape and obstacles.

Exactly Jibbs.

We know all to well about bullet trains to nowhere here in California.

Here's the latest on the LA to SF bullet, but constructions stopped long ago...

[d2bets]

Why would you want to do that? Just hop on a plane faster.

The hell it is. You're not including all the hassle time getting to the airport, checked in, bags, etc. Even if it's a short flight, it's gonna be a 4 hour ordeal in total. Plus, it's likely more expensive. A lot depends on pricing. If I could hop on the train for less money and and get there 2 hours total vs. 4 hours total flying, seems like a no-brainer to me.