[Jonty30]

Of course it does.

[Dogbert41]

It pays very well to steel elections in Nevada.

[LukeL]

Las Vegas doesn’t even have Amtrak service. Perhaps first connect it to the standard rail service.

[Jonty30]

Electric transit is fine. Electric trains are not.

[FarCenter]

A stupid project. Just build casinos in LA instead.

[MinorityRepublican]

No date has been announced for work to start, but officials have said it might be operational by the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028.

This isn't China. Maybe by 2035.

[Vendome]

“...officials have said it might be operational by the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028.”

What an effin joke

[dragnet2]

Billions for a train to Vegas, as our border is completely out of control...Raving lunatics are running the country..

[Bobbyvotes]

What’s the big hurry to lose in casino’s?

[hinckley buzzard]

Brightline has a good chance of being up and running well before the California HighSpeed Rail currently priced at 130 billion dollars. Brightline is a private sector enterprise, operating a high speed rail already in Florida, so they know how to do it. Compared to most federal grants, this one just might be a good investment for the people. And it make sense, point-to-point transportation, LA to LV, as opposed to trying to cover the territory like the CHSR boondoggle.

[rktman]

🙄🖕. A train load of crap. Again.

[drypowder]

With the democrats, whatever the mob wants, the mob gets and citizens pay the bill.

[taxesareforever]

Must have taken lessons from the Big Dig.

[Olog-hai]

“Train leaving on Track 5, for Victor Valley, Hesperia and Rancho Cuc-amonga‼”

Couldn’t help but think of Mel Blanc and his station announcer routine on The Jack Benny Show when I looked up the current westernmost station being planned to be at Rancho Cucamonga, 44 miles from LA. (No service to Anaheim or Azusa.)

Back in 2005 when this was called DesertXpress, the western terminal was planned to be in Victorville, in the middle of nowhere, 90 miles from LA and 35 miles away from San Bernardino.

[LegendHasIt]

If it is all that important to get from one foul pit of Depravity to another foul pit of depravity really quickly, why not take a plane?

[al baby]

LMAO Its never going to be built money laudry scam

[Lurker]

Suckers.

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[MeganC]

Brightline gets things done so I expect this LA to Las Vegas HSR route will be up and running long before California HSR ever carries a single passenger. And CAHSR has been under construction since 2008.

[crz]

They are going to move the Air Port 21 miles that way out of Vegas.

[Organic Panic]

WHY THE HELL AM I PAYING FOR THIS! Let the market decide. If the casinos thought it would bring in money, they would fund it.