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A swankier way to get to Vegas? See the ‘party car’ on the high-speed rail coming to SoCal
3 months, 1 week ago

A swankier way to get to Vegas? See the ‘party car’ on the high-speed rail coming to SoCal

LA Times  

Brightline West, the rail company building a high-speed train route between Southern California and Las Vegas, released renderings of lounge cars to be built. Brightline West, the rail company that has begun building a fast train between Southern California and Las Vegas and aims to be done in time for the 2028 Olympics, has awarded a construction contract and released …

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A first view of what the high-speed rail to Las Vegas might look like
7 months, 3 weeks ago

A first view of what the high-speed rail to Las Vegas might look like

LA Times  

A train zips across the desert in an artist’s rendering for the Brightline West high-speed rail project that will connect Southern California and Las Vegas. Efforts to get high-speed rail from Southern California to the Las Vegas Strip are gaining steam, with the first images of what the trains might look like being released this week. Brightline West, the company …

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New high-speed train from Vegas to SoCal will be a model for the nation — if it succeeds
9 months, 3 weeks ago

New high-speed train from Vegas to SoCal will be a model for the nation — if it succeeds

LA Times  

When Simon Akinwolere, a 27-year-old cruise director, needed to commute from Orlando to Miami, he sorted through his travel options. A privately run train line between Orlando and Miami called Brightline has become Akinwolere’s favorite way to shuttle between the Florida cities since the long-haul service started in September. Florida’s train, which reaches speeds up to 125 mph, is owned …

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Las Vegas-to-California bullet train gets bipartisan backing
1 year, 7 months ago

Las Vegas-to-California bullet train gets bipartisan backing

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — A bipartisan congressional group from Nevada and California asked the Biden administration Monday to fast-track federal funds for a private company to build a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area. In Texas, a study published last month by Reason Foundation, a libertarian think tank, concluded the state’s fast rail project is stalled …

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High-speed train to Las Vegas is hailed as an eco jackpot. But will it harm desert sheep?
3 years, 3 months ago

High-speed train to Las Vegas is hailed as an eco jackpot. But will it harm desert sheep?

LA Times  

As daylight rose over the parched and jagged Soda Mountains recently, an emaciated-looking bighorn ewe and two gaunt lambs hoofed carefully over volcanic outcroppings as they searched hungrily for increasingly rare clumps of greenery. Chris Clarke, associate director of the National Parks Conservation Assn.’s California Desert Program, at Soda Lake in the Mojave National Preserve along Zzyzx Road near Baker, …

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