The article claims it will be operational in time for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Perspective - the light rail system in Seattle is now 10 years behind schedule and 5X times as expensive as the original voter initiative claimed.
Future parts of the system are expected to cost $750 million per mile.
If we had built the entire system under ground, it would have been one half as expensive as the chaotic eye sore above ground system we have now.
Hire Elon Musk to do these projects. And get out of his way.
There are casinos all over the place...No need to travel to vegas...
I’m not sure why everyone wants to go to Vegas [Nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded], but it sounds like a fun project.
[It’s amazing that a 1800s tech is still so relevant these days.]
This might be the one high speed rail system that could work economically, especially if they have an entertainment car with a bar, TV, etc.
Think about it, you decide at the last minute to hop on the train in LA with your buddies to Vegas, spend the weekend having fun and come back late Sunday or early Monday.
The travel time to Vegas versus going to the airport and putting up with hassle of flying. Get on the train, have a few drinks and watch of sports on TV, maybe place a bet or two while on the way to Vegas.
This will really put Cucamonga on the map!
Grusome still has an UNFINISHED RR up North......Years behind schedule...and deep in debt.
I guess the proposal I submitted was not accepted.
Unlike other projects, Brightline has proved they can create profitable rail lines.
It isn’t that voters are too stupid to realize these wasteful projects are unnecessary, its that developers have learned how to buy politicians and have the projects pushed forward without voter consent.
Brightline has a fast rail up and running in Florida. Unlike the buffoons in Seattle, they know how to do this. The Brightline West project will be basically a point to point line between LA and Vegas. It will follow the right of way of an existing freeway, which often is choked with traffic, thus avoiding all manner of problems with land acquisition, environmental studies etc, which have hamstrung the CaHSR boondoggle.. With connecting local transportation at each end it will be the perfectly logical place for using high speed rail. Privately funded, but taking federal startup funds as offered because why not.
“Mongo dunno, all that debt has something to do with where choo choo go”
Makes more sense than the California high speed rail from Merced to Bakersfield. The casinos should be shaken down to subsidize it, however.
The Brightline rail in Florida construction to get tourists to Disney World seems to be proceeding nicely. Saw a story that projected ridership is down 21% for the year from earlier projections however, and tickets are expensive (up to $270 for Miami to Orlando).
The Illegals Express. LA of the east in the desert.
1. The private investment (and it will be privately run) is more than three times the public investment.
2. There are many times more annual S.Cal. visitors to Las Vegas as there are visitors between S.F. and S. Cal, making the new line more feasible - in terms of passenger revenues, than the stupid gpvernment built S.F. to L.A, line.
3. Most of what California is contributing is land along the I-15 right of way.
4. What AMTRAK and S.Cal. rail system will add will be a train hub in the Rancho Cucamonga area for both the new line from LasVegas and the existing train line that runs between San Bernardino and L.A.
5. Caveat - what they missed was a direct connection to the Ontario Airport on the south edge of Rancho Cucamonga.
This venture has tons more possiblity for success than the S.F. to L.A. line.
You can get to Vegas via Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga.
“Con Rail”
That’ll be that new Nicholas Cage movie coming out involving this train line.
Again?
A four hour drive and having all your luggage, travel companions, and transportation for the region. Paying about $100 in gasoline.
OR...
Drive the car to the train station 2 hours early. Unload your luggage in to the train station. Sit on the train for 2 hours. Go to the car rental place. Load all your luggage in to the rental car.
I know which option EVERYONE will take. Those will be empty train cars. BUT.... Who cares. I’m sure politicians got a great deal on the real estate will now be worth fortunes.
Which will come first—the first actual ride on the high-speed rail system or the 2045 total eclipse?