The hoped for average ticket price regardless of service level is $133 in 2031$. I made up a quick chart here showing a reasonable range of ticket prices based on common Florida fares Miami-Orlando, which is a similar distance. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnfNm4t6gdN4aKcsi=lPWNP1S2VPqD9hkF&t=116

It is high speed. Top speed will be 300km/h, and will exceed the commonly accepted international definition of 250km/h top speed in 4 different places.

You're welcome. Thanks for your generous contribution. I will try to keep a high standard and hopefully the mission will expand shortly when Brightline West start construction in earnest.

A friend of mine used to live up in Pinon Hills. We've probably only been a few miles apart lots of times. :D

Pre-construction started April of last year. Those activities allow them to get design to a point where they're ready to build.

The internet is for... TRAINS!

Make sure to check back in about 5-6 years and we'll see how well your prediction stands up. :)

The construction schedule, which is already quite aggressive, won't support it. Some of that has to do with the sequence of events that needs to take place to get the track and trainsets certified.

Railway Supply boo boo

Being news that occurred in December, that would have been in the January video. However, I don't report on incursions as I'm more interested in project development and progress. There was nothing extraordinary about the fire truck incident beyond the vehicle being a fire truck. Something extra ordinary like a derailment or major structural service outage would make it in.

186 is the new indicated top speed. They are now claiming the train is 200mph+ capable(and of course it is), but do not plan to run faster than 186 in service.

@@LucidStew I just checked the brightline site. They say 200mph operating speed, but someone said it was only 186mph. Are you sure about this?

@@davidsz.horvath3357 The newer information I have indicates 186, but I can not say its static, nor do I have inside knowledge of the issue. I'm basing that on information which has been recently released by BLW.

Maybe the track management wouldn't allow speeds over 186mph in most places so they'll just stick to 186mph. But it would be nice to see a round number, say 200.

Nobody is gonna run Hyperloop

@@counterfit5 Its already under construction. Their test track has already been going for two years. They have already perfected Maglev a decade ago. China graduates 10x as many scientists and engineers a year than the US does. And unlike the US? They build 4-5 universities a year as well. And in China a university education costs less than $1000 a year including books. Free if you are poor but smart enough to pass the entrance exams. The only things the US is ahead of China today is Obesity, Child poverty, Incarcerations, illiteracy and bankruptcies.

Great, now that you're done with the Chinese propaganda, can we get back to talking about high speed rail?

Thought there was no definite opening year or date...

@@PrograError They will loose a good opertunity if it dont .

@ as long as there's no official deadline on paper. It's only a public wish. And Wish are cheap

Make it where? :D If something doesn't change in a big way I think it will limp along forever, happily consuming taxpayer dollars.

IOS is only $4 billion short. California can fund that until a more favorable administration comes in. Then hopefully the rest of the parts will be completed more quickly, including the BW Cahsr connection

​@@LucidStewI assume they can finish the Merced route. But extending it to SF and LA is never gonna happen. If you have a few desert cities that noone has ever heard of connected is this thing gonna be profitable? So itll just be subsidized forever you're saying. Gee

@ Never is a long time. Something like San Francisco to Palmdale and Anaheim to Burbank in 50-60 years isn't totally unreasonable at the current pace. Closing the Burbank-Palmdale gap would take extraordinary measures. Also, by the Authority's estimates, S.F.-Bakersfield should run an operating profit.

@@davidsz.horvath3357 The problem is that "more favorable" administrations have so far only contributed $6.8 billion in 2 1/2 presidential terms. $680 million/year aint gonna cut it. It needs to be more like $6.8 billion/year.

Most of the projects are subject to Buy America requirements, which means the vast majority of products and sourced material has to originate in the United States. Also, civil engineering is a much larger component of overall costs, so even if the few foreign components do inflate, you're inflating the small part.

At least we hope so.

That's on the HDC Joint Powers Agency, but it's planned as a phase beyond the initial construction of the HDC. If everything goes according to plan, BLW will be complete and operating by the time the HDCJPA gets to the Victor Valley station.

I try to change yearly. That is part of a CAHSRA render. Last year was, of course, Siemens' render of the American Pioneer 220. Unfortunately the new one isn't accompanied be the same type of awesome music. :)

_sad owuh-huh-hoo_

Are we great again yet?

They rescinded the memo that instructed how to implement the EO, but not the EO itself. It would appear they will argue that as far up as they can take it.

You could do it with 5 million dollars 500,000 to each survey 1 million to track improvements 1 million to rolling stock 1/2 million to training Quarter of a million into stations Then the other quarter of a million into operations

Using the Brightline extension in Florida as an example, these are not easy to pull off. The refinancing of the Orlando debt was hailed as one of the most innovative finance jobs in any industry last year.

That's common throughout the U.S.

Not as of yet

Happy New Year! Rolling stock alone seems difficult before 2029. I'll get into this more in the video about the bond offering, but they have their schedule lined up to finish everything at the same time. They're really not playing around with wanting to get it done fast. And I do have some level of confidence in the organizational capability because the Brightline Orlando extension was pretty close to on-time. They mostly got hung up on certification there, but only by a few months.

It was fairly obvious. They were talking about starting construction since late 2023. Still, I'd really, REALLY be surprised if they're operating by 12/28/28.