Construction starting on $12 billion high-speed rail between SoCal, Las Vegas

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Construction is expected to begin Monday on a $12 billion high-speed passenger rail line between Southern California and Las Vegas.

Once complete, Brightline's train will connect Las Vegas and Rancho Cucamonga in two hours.

Forecasts are for 11 million one-way passengers per year, or some 30,000 per day, with fares well below airline travel costs. The trains will offer rest rooms, Wi-Fi, food and beverage sales and the option to check luggage. Brightline aims to link other U.S. cities that are too near to each other for flying between them to make sense and too far for people to drive the distance, Edens said.U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday will join Brightline leaders at the start of the construction in Vegas. Brightline received $6.5 billion in backing from the Biden administration, including a $3 billion grant from federal infrastructure funds and approval to sell another $2.5 billion in tax-exempt bonds.

Other fast trains in the U.S. include Amtrak's Acela, which can top 150 mph while sharing tracks with freight and commuter service between Boston and Washington, D.C.

 

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