[embedded content] A high-speed rail line between Southern California and Las Vegas moved one step closer to reality Monday when ground was officially broken to mark the start of construction on the project. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was among the dignitaries on hand for the ceremony south of the famed Las Vegas Strip. “This
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A new $12 billion rail system connecting Nevada to Southern California is officially breaking ground. Brightline West’s 218-mile system will run within the median of Interstate 15 with zero grade crossings. The route will have stops in Las Vegas as well as Victor Valley, Hesperia and Rancho Cucamonga, California. The project is touted as the first true
Brightline West broke ground Monday on its Las Vegas-to-Southern California high-speed train project with high hopes the $12 billion project will write a new chapter in the history of American rail. “I’m convinced that the first time that first passenger buys a ticket and sits in a seat on that first high-speed trip on American
Work is set to begin Monday on a $12 billion high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area, with officials projecting millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028. Brightline West, whose sister company already operates a fast train between Miami and Orlando in Florida, aims to lay 218 miles (351 kilometers)
Going up was fine. It was when we stopped at the top of Liftoff, a 150-foot-tall open-air elevator of sorts that resembles a space-age hot-air balloon, that the nerves set in. “Don’t look down,” I told myself. That was the easy part. The twinkling neon and bright lights of Las Vegas had me fixated. Sure,
Brightline West plans to break ground next week on its Las Vegas-to-Southern California high-speed train system. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will join Brightline founder Wes Edens and federal, state and local officials from Nevada and California on Monday at the planned Las Vegas station site for a ceremony kicking off construction on the 218-mile rail