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


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ABC7 Los Angeles— Once complete, Brightline's train will connect Las Vegas and Rancho Cucamonga in two hours.

Urban Milwaukee—Urban Reads: Construction Starts on Las Vegas to L.A. High Speed Rail Line. All the city news you can use.

Los Angeles Times—High-speed rail to Las Vegas is coming as soon as 2028. Here are more details. Southern Californians can expect to board a high-speed train as soon as 2028 for a two-hour ride to Las Vegas, officials on the $12-billion project said when construction ceremonially broke ground Monday in Sin City. "We'll move millions of people between two of the most exciting and important regions of the country, Southern California and here in southern Nevada," said Wes Edens, Brightline’s founder and chairman and a private equity billionaire. "We are the only industrialized country in the...

LASVEGASNOW—High-speed rail connection between Las Vegas and California breaks ground. LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Skeptics called the idea, a runaway train. Now, the long-anticipated and first high-speed rail in the United States began construction in the Vegas Valley on Monday. US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo, Sen. Jacky Rosen, California Rep. Pete Aguilar, and others attended the groundbreaking for Brightline West, marking []