Brightline announced plans yesterday to take over the rights to XpressWest’s 185-mile federally approved rail corridor along Interstate 15.
Brightline indicated it would begin building the $7 billion rail line next year with completion of a link between Victorville and Las Vegas by 2022.
A dual-track line free of grade crossings would be built between Las Vegas and Victorville. The company then planned to build a 60-mile link west between Victorville and Palmdale, California, where the line would meet with Southern California’s Metrolink commuter rail lines and the California High Speed Rail line that is under construction.
In a release issued Tuesday, Brightline indicated it would acquire 38 acres adjacent to the Las Vegas Strip to build an intermodal transportation station with access for taxis, buses, shuttles, and limousines.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/tourism/florida-firm-acquires-company-planning-las-vegas-to-la-rail-line/
I'm going to guess it will take twice as long as they predict, and cost 3 times as much, and will need a govt bailout after the company reaps profits, then announces bankruptcy, and bails. Then the riders ticket fee will be twice what they announce early in the development
Brightline indicated it would begin building the $7 billion rail line next year with completion of a link between Victorville and Las Vegas by 2022.
A dual-track line free of grade crossings would be built between Las Vegas and Victorville. The company then planned to build a 60-mile link west between Victorville and Palmdale, California, where the line would meet with Southern California’s Metrolink commuter rail lines and the California High Speed Rail line that is under construction.
In a release issued Tuesday, Brightline indicated it would acquire 38 acres adjacent to the Las Vegas Strip to build an intermodal transportation station with access for taxis, buses, shuttles, and limousines.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/tourism/florida-firm-acquires-company-planning-las-vegas-to-la-rail-line/
I'm going to guess it will take twice as long as they predict, and cost 3 times as much, and will need a govt bailout after the company reaps profits, then announces bankruptcy, and bails. Then the riders ticket fee will be twice what they announce early in the development
Bullet trains... LA to Vegas, LA to SF. Why? Have these developers ever heard of Southwest Airlines?
ReplyDeletetakes less time on a train, as airports are still stuck doing security for hours. Also, you can carry what ever the hell you want on a train, no one is going to hijack it with a 12 oz bottle of water - as airlines seem to believe will occur
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