America's $12BN High-Speed Rail to Las Vegas

[@MegaBuildsYT]

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[@zackatwood2867]

I live in Hesperia, CA. There are no new jobs, it seems to be more of the same, all overpaid union work, nearly all of sulley-miller employees live in Riverside county... 50+miles away

[@colephelps6202]

They need to fix the system they have.

[@ahmedzakikhan7639]

It will be a waste. Better to invest in New York side connecting Boston to DC - more people and more GDP on east coast.

[@mitchellbarnow1709]

Regis, it was great to see you and to see that it’s a human doing to the talking because with so many channels using artificial and terrible sounding voices.

[@RUHappyATM]

Looking at the route, no way they can place the line next or within the highway. Besides, I seriously doubt it can be completed in time for the LA Olympics.

[@jharbo]

It once took me 11 hours to get from vegas to LA. The traffic can be brutal on certain days.

[@markcastellanet9672]

I pass on trips to Vegas now because of the drive.

[@angelskars]

How about them fires tho ! So glad the government started the fires with their laser ( US Patent: 10337841B2 ) to make way for a train system that is going right where the fires were created! Coincidentally built in time for the Olympics to be held in LA !

[@TheCrazierz]

​@@angelskars man youre full of shit. Lol

[@toddmac2020]

@@angelskars C'mon dude. The fire areas are all west of the proposed railway. It's not even close. The fires are in LA County. The railway ends in San Bernardino County. Altadena is 36 miles from Rancho Cucamonga. Pacific Palisades is 65 miles from RC.

[@toddmac2020]

The longest it ever took me was 6 1/2 hours. I fly now. I won't even consider driving. I probably will try the train once, but I'm sure that I'll prefer flying.

[@jwwj30]

I’m born & raised in SoCal, been living in San Diego since 1971. I’ve driven the Interstate to Las Vegas countless times over the past 50 years. I’d absolutely love to kick back in a high-speed train & enjoy the smooth ride. I fully support this plan & can’t wait to take my first trip to party central. It’ll probably be another 3 years before they connect the Rancho Cucamonga station to San Diego.

[@mattywanders]

I grew up in SD county and never realized how lucky we were to have the Coaster until I moved away. Always took it for granted. CA loves trains!

[@scottstewart5784]

Agree - Vegas is better on foot - that train will save you gas, stress, and parking fees for a car you don't usually use much while there anyway. That LA-Vegas drive stopped being interesting halfway there on my second trip. I've flown in (from the East Coast) and not rented a car and didn't miss it.

[@phillippalmejar9548]

I'm also a San Diego native. I love trains and would welcome any new infrastructure.

[@stickynorth]

I have more faith in Brightline and its conglomerate parents Fortress Investments and Softbank in creating a cohesive and constructable concept than anyone else at this point and I am NOT a fan of P3's or even rugged capitalism. But I do know in the context of late-stage America that it's the only way forward with Amtrak and the California HSR so hemmed in by bureaucracy, powerful enemies and lobbyists that any proposal progress will be paralyzed permanently. Or at least the next 4+ years the way politics on the continent are heading..

[@mikelfrance-l6x]

But would you pay $250 a seat one way per seat or just drive? I don't think so. And by the time this is finished, there will be any number of cars that can self drive / super cruise, including electric green vehicles. Don't own one? Rent and take the entire family for much less and just as green.

[@bobwilhelm8364]

We in calif. have been promised high speed rail since I was a kid, and I’m now 70yo. They keep passing bond after bond to pay for it and nothing gets delivered. I’ll believe it when I see it!

[@ramonalfaro3252]

I remember when they said there would never be a subway in LA again. I have been riding it for 20+ years now. If it wasn't for NIMBYS trains would have been here long ago!

[@TrippinWithKenny]

I live in Apple Valley. They are building it. And since it's a private company, it will likely get done, hopefully on time. They built the high speed rain in Florida, so they do have a record of success. As for the one we have been promised since we were kids, that's a government project and god only knows where the money went.

[@howard6433]

All the previous projects were public projects. Brightline is a private company, so it has a much better chance of success.

[@DK-sc4gn]

Don't hold ur breath😂😂😂

[@KevinSmith-qi5yn]

But what about the family of politicians you are giving millions to. Don't you feel a sense of charity knowing you gave Barbara Boxer's Husband and Nancy Pelosi's Husband millions to sell each other the land for the high-speed rail project so they can sell it to the state?

[@dougchinn2820]

Anyone who's traveled through Europe, especially from London to Paris, and on the TGV through France, by train will appreciate HSR. No TSA, no waiting hours for flights. No hours sitting in a car. LA-to-Vegas is the perfect route for HSR.

[@norwegianblue2017]

LA TO San Diego would have been my first choice, since it would connect the two largest cities in the state as well as the international border with Mexico. Then they could have branched up to San Francisco and Las Vegas from there. The way they wound up doing the CAHSR is a joke.

[@Slick1020]

High speed rail isn't profitable in ANY COUNTRY.

[@scotttild]

I am so sick of people comparing Europe to the U.S with high speed rail. Paris to London takes about 1 1/2 by train and about 2 1/2 by air if you count all the time getting through the check points. LA to Vegas is beyond absurd waist of money when you can fly in half the time. It is just a slush fund and an absurd waist of money. It is just another form of carbon and does nothing.

[@scotttild]

@@Slick1020 And it does not work in the U.S for a number of reasons except in the East corridor between NY, Boston and WA. Why because it is faster then going by air and that is the only reason why it works in the East and not anywhere else in the U.S. Our major cities are too far apart, while Europe has most of them bunched together.

[@natenae8635]

@@Slick1020Is the interstate or any highway profitable.

[@Crabsford]

It's crazy how the car lobby wrecked US railway infrastructure

[@christianhillpt]

It's the American way! 😅

[@Mike__B]

Don't forget to throw blame at MAGA's golden boy Elon Musk, he tried really hard to derail the California High Speed Rail project all so he could sell more of his electric cars, and very well may have as much as that project has ballooned in budget.

[@5urufiv]

"Make America great again..."

[@synaestesia-bg3ew]

We see the result, now the US is behind China and even African countries got high-speed trains.​@christianhillpt

[@dherman0001]

No they didnt. Cars did. Get on your choo choo and have fun Karen.

[@agorilla7137]

Fingers crossed they succeed to such a degree that Rail as a business improves across the US.

[@stickynorth]

Private PASSENGER rail you mean since cargo has never been more profitable by screwing over potential passenger operators for decades despite Amtrak and other operators having the right of way in theory.. And only in theory...

[@ictpilot]

​@@stickynorthFreight trains have priority over Amtrak. And Brightline will be on a dedicated rail.

[@tsepheletseka5115]

I mean, there is at least an incentive for them to succeed, which to complete it in time for Olympics. That's a huge motivation for it to succeed.

[@tonyburzio4107]

Perhaps, but Brightline isn't a railroad, it's a nice comp to attract tenants in their rental properties. There is a new airport and city being built bear Primm, which is why the railroad is being built. Business property rentals.

[@__BlacklotuS__]

That'll never happen, we spend all money on military

[@johnystudio]

Thank you so much for your video! It's so informative and beautifully presented! I LOVE the infographics and designs you used! I hope to ride this train in the future one day! :)

[@MegaBuildsYT]

Wow thanks a lot

[@eclipse310]

It’s crazy that this is even a question on whether or not It should happen. If you go to Europe, Trains are the best way to travel from country to country because it’s so easy to do and everywhere is connected. This would be extremely beneficial for travel between the large state of California.

[@supervideomaker9136]

As someone from San Diego… all I have ever wanted was a HSR from San Diego to La. Honestly it seems to make so much sense yet it seems like I am going to die before it ever becomes a thing :(

[@YooooAdrian553]

One Friday in Los Angeles, I drove to Vegas to meet up with some friends. I left at 1pm to beat the traffic. I arrived in Vegas at 10pm with only one stop to pee. You don't even want to know how long it'll take to drive back on a Sunday morning. I hope they build this train.

[@HeydaCarreras]

stay in Los Angeles.

[@daleviker5884]

So why didn't you fly?

[@konplayz]

American incompetence, even with the most abundant resources in the entire world, never ceases to amaze me.

[@stickynorth]

Sadly I agree. Best practices from around the world? We don't need them. We're America! Pew! Pew! F*ck yeah!

[@Thatonepersonyouheard]

Look closer at the rest the world

[@somethingBrawlStars]

are you slow? america is leagues above other countries, even with our so called "incompetence".

[@konplayz]

@ yes GDP go brrr, GDP per capita go brrr, public debt to brrrr (you have the privilege of controlling the international monetary system, so you can safely ignore that, how neat👍) your metrics are irrelevant when the overall human wellbeing does not improve. You have the most wealth in the world, best educated and huge population and literally no natural enemies, yet you are too incompetent to spend it on anything useful. Your infrastructure is literally all dependent on cars and crumbling (surely another lane will fix everything!) your exorbitant wealth is seemingly as unequally distributed as in south africa (feels like literally everyone in California is a homeless person) and don’t even get me started on the rust belt and marvels like Gary, Akron, Dayton and Detroit. Oh also Fentanyl! Feels like your entire population is laced with drugs one side thinks orange man bad and that there are 72 genders whilst the others think the earth is flat and chemtrails are real. If you are too delusional to recognise your incompetence, you are more than slow

[@heocon0541]

​@@somethingBrawlStarsLeagues above who ? There are 3rd countries that have better infrastructures than the USA. Most the world have a better and more affordable healthcare system, better wildfire management and a healthier population. Most of American food product are straight up banned in most countries because they are so unhealthy that some have ingredients that give you various type of cancer, asthma, many neural problems,organ damages and other health problems. Outside of it's famous and expensive universities, the public education system is a mess compare to other countries. There are 131 countries that are statistically safer than the USA. They are good for movies franchises video game franchises, military power, political power and youtubers. So that incompetence is nothing to brag about.

[@bbalila]

I have been to Japan, China, Euro tunnel & Saudi High speed Railways. Totally love all. High speed railway is perfect for short & Mid range travel. In USA Boston to Miami , Houston Dallas San Antonio triangle, LA-LV & San Diego-San Francisco makes perfect sense. Also they shoud use Japanese model, station as business hub/shopping malls.

[@stickynorth]

Bingo! That's ironically what's missing from the American HSR projects EXCEPT Brightline. Extensive transit oriented mixed use developments. Heck even Miami Central Station was supposed to have an 80-story 1049' tall signature tower on top of it! You'd think in a nation of hyper capitalism that MALL'S and attractions would be the first thing associated with train stations and airports...

[@starventure]

@@stickynorth Malls are dead. Nobody wants them anymore. And nobody other than the libiotic crowd wants to live close to a crime magnet train station.

[@mikelfrance-l6x]

Makes sense? Japan never spent $100B to build a railway. California's entire budget for a year is $39B. The concept is fine -- the implimation makes no sense whatsoever given what California needs. Build a new electric grid, new solar and nuke plants, build mines for lithium to drive down the cost of batteries and electricity with that money and the result it 10,000 times GREENER and for more people. Priorities, priorities. This ain't one.

[@louieqi4577]

The $100B budget for a 600km HSR is insane. In contrast, the total cost for the 1300km Beijing-Shanghai HSR is around $30B.

[@louieqi4577]

California HSR was proposed before the Beijing-Shanghai HSR. Now the latter has been operated for 14 years, while the California one has not even a single mile of track landed.

[@davidroberts9037]

After riding the Shinkasen in Japan, I have been very pro high speed rail nationwide. 😊

[@jaad9848]

The shinkasen stops in the center of tokyo not a 2 hour car ride away.

[@MrWarrenRB]

Shinkansen was built many years ago. We still don't have 1 single high speed rail yet

[@kennethroyer9949]

High speed rail between MAJOR population centers makes all the sense. Los Angeles to Las Vegas is spot on so much so it is a no brainer. Houston to Dallas - Fort Worth is a go as well. Boston to New York City to Washington DC to Miami Florida great idea. You get the idea!

[@stickynorth]

I know right? There are several dozen corridors where it actually makes sense using the right economic model and routing... Personally I think 125 mph/200 km/h is good enough since that's what the OG Japanese Shinkansen trains ran at and it really cuts down on infrastructure costs when you can use curvier routing, tilting trains and limited at grade crossings that have extensively upgraded barriers... Hopefully better than what you see in South Florida judging by the shocking but entertaining videos on YT of BL trains getting crashed into!

[@nunyabidness3075]

It makes sense so long as it’s private. If the market approves, it’s good. If only the government approves, we have no idea what’s actually worth it or not.

[@--_--IMP--_--]

Running rail lines alongside/within Interstate Highway corridors is a great idea. They already connect most of the major population centers you refer to. The very wide Interstate Highway corridors are already established. Integrating rail lines would be relatively easy throughout the vast majority of it, especially the further west you go. Most of the corridors, especially those with 6+ lanes, can be modified to contain rail lines. It doesn't have to all be high-speed rails, either. Put high-speed lines for longer stretches or stretches with fewer stops. Use various regular rail lines (both existing and new) to supplement/compliment the high-speed lines. An organized network of well-planned and intelligently implemented rail lines would be a much-needed infrastructure gamechanger, and the people who want to/prefer to drive would still be able to.

[@donaldkasper8346]

Las Vegas is not a major nor an important population center. LA to San Diego is marginally useful. LA to San Francisco Bay Area is slightly more useful. Everything else is just burning taxpayer money to support the rich, the mafia, and developers.

[@davidanalyst671]

no, this is too much money

[@bp2608]

Rancho Cucamonga is not "just east" of Los Angeles, as you state at the opening. It can be another two hours travel time to downtown LA, not to mention travel time to various Olympic sites. (The Coliseum is not downtown.)

[@jamboree615]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. In order for this to actually be useful for Olympic tourists it has to connect to LA.

[@BigGuy8059]

It's very easy for them to expand MetroLink service to meet demand ,just by shifting more trains to that line. The rails are separate for each direction, and they could run every five minutes if the ridership was there. After the Olympics are over, they can adjust train frequency as needed.

[@bp2608]

@@BigGuy8059 I get that, but even with more frequent service, it will be a good 60 more minutes from RC to LA. To me, that is not "just east."

[@martyllanos73]

@@bp2608an hour is nothing. It would take me an hour to get to work from Glendale to city of industry, and that was over 20 years ago. 2 hours in LA is a normal day.

[@hazcatsophia]

Yeah, 40 miles East. I live in Rancho and do not consider our area as “just East”. Unless you’re taking about LA County. Which is one city (Upland) removed from the county border.

[@keiming2277]

High-Speed Rail to success 1: Huge population between the A to B (Example, Tokyo - Nagoya - Shin-Osaka) 2 : Consistent government funding to cover the losses (example : China), and no question asked 3 : A reason to passengers to choose railway (travel)

[@jameng1315]

Cheap labor, close to zero labor laws, no epa blocking you at every steps can do wonder.

[@antontsau]

0 enought paxes who are ready to give up flexibility and independency of car travel. Like in Asia where no such ideas ever been.

[@donaldkasper8346]

High speed rail never makes enough money to pay for the cost, so this mafiosa junket will be on the CA taxpayer tab.

[@firstlast1932]

@@antontsau Or maybe like flying?

[@antontsau]

@@firstlast1932 unfortunately not. Flying is the same - you cant take with you all that you want, you have problems with local transport, you have to adjust your plans for schedule not opposite and so on. Even private flight (charter, own ga plane) does not eliminate these problems - ok, you arrived to, ummmm, Dubbo airport, and how you will go the last 5 km to the elephant in zoo? Gaol? Hotel? If you travel by car its not a problem at all.

[@chiiiiweeeee]

hopefully this alternative transportation will significantly reduce the traffic on the I-15. one time it took my family 10 hours to drive from san diego to vegas.

[@LaniAnne402]

We absolutely need this railway! The 15 freeway is the ONLY road to/from Las Vegas to the inland empire and it is ALWAYS congested.

[@BigGuy8059]

Metrolink goes South to Oceanside, so I'm all set! The nice thing is there is very little environmental impact if it runs down the I-15 median. The impact is actually positive, when you count all the removed car traffic from that Interstate.

[@KevinSmith-qi5yn]

I think it could be a detriment for the operation of the train to follow the course of the highway. This is due to the acceptable grade for rail verse car travel, and the acceptable banking of a rail verse car travel. They want this thing to go 200 mph, and that would not be safe with how many times the I-15 bends. They already have a rail line that runs next to the I-15 for freight rail and follows a course more appropriate for a train going 200 mph. My other concerns with this rail are with the overhead lines and high winds, and the potential to hit wildlife with track at ground level.

[@danielbecker4365]

@@KevinSmith-qi5yn HSR lines are built straight. No sharp curves anywhere, no traffic crossing.

[@JasonTheWorldisYours2]

As a Las Vegas resident this makes me happy

[@angelskars]

How about them fires tho ! So glad the government started the fires with their laser (US Patent: 10337841B2 ) to make way for a train system that is going right where the fires were created! Coincidentally built in time for the Olympics to be held in LA !

[@ReasonablySkeptic]

IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN if california has anything to say about it. Gavin blew 5.4 BILLION on their last train project and they built LESS THAN 1 MILE OF TRACK after 4 YEARS! So Las Vegas is good but Cali is a corrupt cesspool that'll embezzle all this money.

[@Earth-Oliver]

Is your way of entertainment going to gamble?

[@christianhillpt]

Yes, the Gov't needs to stop bs'in around and invest in high speed lines! This country is massive and flying has been a joke for way too long. Fix flights, invest in local and national public transit..it's common sense.

[@5urufiv]

Us Canadians should also do this!

[@freeheeler09]

We need electric, high speed rail between our major cities.

[@cruisinguy6024]

Unfortunately too many of our politicians are beholden to the automotive and fossil fuel industries

[@stankythecat6735]

@@freeheeler09that’s not smart …. Population density doesn’t support that

[@mtmac57]

My only concern would be all those wacko's on the planes nowadays, would be on the trains ... maybe more so, since the trains should be cheaper...trash on trains. Think GreyHound.

[@appalachianenthusiast9499]

CAHSR has not stalled out. In fact, we are nearing the installation of track on the IOS.

[@stickynorth]

Agreed. This channel ands content tend to be both glib and hyperbolic. It is however not on budget, on schedule and lacking finances to complete it. I still believe in it though and think the solution to getting the rest of it built is to contract its design and construction out to foreign partnerships with Japanese, French, German, Spanish or Chinese corporations that already have operations in the USA to some degree with most producing urban or regional rail products but could even add High Speed Trains to the mix. Heck even tiny Swiss company Stadler builds trains in Salt Lake City for this very purpose of the Buy American Act. And even Siemens has a massive factory in Sacramento making LRT cars. I am surprised though that it didn't propose to build the BLW trainsets there rather than upstate New York however this was done to get Senator Chuck Schumer on board so to speak.. An economic kickback for sure, but for a noble cause. Jobs in a region that needs them!

[@kobartlett]

Complete Union graft. The train to nowhere.

[@ShastaTodd]

@@kobartlett = idiot

[@kidguypissed]

@@kobartlett Spelled "grift" wrong but i dont argue the fact the people are purposefully dragging their feet to milk the money train.

[@marcc2474]

They are not installing tracks for the rail system. They are installing tracks for the delivery trains that are dropping off building materials. They are still many years away from actually laying rail for the system. It is just one more of the lies Newsom has made about the high-speed train from nowhere to nowhere.

[@Basta11]

3 hours is 40 min is absolutely the best case scenario with speeding. If you leave Las Vegas on a Sunday after a holiday weekend, it could be as much as 8 hours.

[@punker4Real]

maybe they need to widen the freeway it's only 2 lanes

[@luisanthonychau]

2 and a half years to build a HSR in preparation of 2028 Summer Olympics? That amount of time would not even be enough to go through all the litigations it's bound to face.

[@grgryocean]

It’s not going to be a maximalist HSR. A lot of compromises are being made so that it can get done in it.

[@slick9308]

@@luisanthonychau It's funny to read people's comments that there will be no lawsuits. These are people that have no knowledge of infrastructure projects. Litigation alone can delay this one to three years.

[@asantaraliner]

For the context, the Jakarta-Bandung HSR was first constructed in 2015 but it's completed in 2023, around 7-8 years. It took US$7,3 Billion to construct this 142 km HSR.

[@Catnipped74]

The biggest issue you didn't mention is the cost for a ticket on this high speed rail. Initial estimates said a one way ticket would cost up to $400. That's a hard sell when you can fly directly into LAX for under $50 and in less than an hour flight time.

[@edwarddeitman1195]

except be at airport 90 min early, 1 hour flight, 25 min deboarding according to seat place... claim bags,

[@howard6433]

Easy to estimate price. Just look up the cost of Brightline from Orlando to Miami (230 miles, about the same distance as this line): it's about $60 one way.

[@aamaldev494]

​@@edwarddeitman1195 if the difference in cost is huge , people will thake plane no matter if it has a little bit of time penalty.

[@jumperstartful]

You take away $350 of gambling money!

[@angelskars]

How about them fires tho ! So glad the government started the fires with their laser (US Patent: 10337841B2 ) to make way for a train system that is going right where the fires were created! Coincidentally built in time for the Olympics to be held in LA !

[@DavidTonner]

Thanks!

[@MegaBuildsYT]

Thanks a lot man!

[@HfxZack]

Your content is always very informative. Please don't stop. ❤️

[@tyablo]

ooh god 😂

[@zdj-h9m]

Great narration and it all. Can't wait to make the booking for a seat.

[@JP-eo8xb]

I live in LV and routinely drive to LA/SD for weekend trips. NOTHING has been built; not even clearing of the median of shrubs/trees has occurred. HIGHLY doubt anything will come of this.

[@gregsullivan4774]

I've noticed the same. Also notice where that empty land between LVBlvd and the 15 where the station is suppose to go. It use to be lined with a fence on LVBlvd with train advertising saying coming soon. Not any more. No fence no advertising, just an empty desert lot. Nothing has been touched. This isn't happening anytime soon.

[@dustinboyce25]

The only challenge to relatively short HSR lines is that they need to connect to quality local transit networks, otherwise you spend more time renting a vehicle at the remote end than what the time savings on travel afford and people will choose to drive instead.

[@stickynorth]

Las Vegs really at the very minimum needs to extend the monorail to both the airport and the Brightline West station. Then extend it North to at least Fremont Street and downtown as was planned all that time ago. Especially when they could easily add Amtrak services from the old station in the core near where the Monorail station was planned. Then you could essentially tour LV and The Strip without a car. Great for our wallets but not for the local taxi union I am sure!

[@DrDonLA]

Always almost in CA... Almost LA, almost LAX, almost is stupid. End at Grand Central Station or N Hollywood... Finish the GD people mover that is a stupid excuse for LAX billions over budget and still still is not functioning

[@CameronCobb]

BUILD IT! WE NEED HSR HERE IN THE USA

[@urbanstrencan]

High-Speed Rail dreams again in the US , great video :)

[@Rubster760]

As a resident near interstate 15. I have witnessed most of the work that has been done these past years. I will like to say good luck finishing this project to the one worker that’s working on it.

[@tuffguydoe7937]

As a Las Vegas resident they been talking about this idea for over 35 years now. They bring the topic up on the news every other year or major national emergencies. (riots, terrorism, natural disasters, etc)

[@Allstargamer1000]

Hopefully, it is just the start of high-speed rail in the United States. Hopefully, it will expand from Las Vegas east to Charlotte, NC. Also, from there, Brightline does a high-speed alongside interstate 95.

[@jakehood7463]

What's even wilder than the delay to HSR in California is how Los Angeles, a city with a top 5 busiest airport in the world for like 70 years, is only now completing a people mover for LAX in 2025 because of the Olympics in 2028. Cue that Churchill quote about Americans leaving the correct answer for dead last.

[@ramonalfaro3252]

Having to fight the Oil, Car, Airline Lobbies, and Rich NIMBYS is not at all part of the problem!

[@mikeharrell287]

I'll bookmark this video and come back once a year for the next 4 years and see where it stands

[@beverlyanderson347]

Me too😂😅

[@ramonalfaro3252]

Casino owners want your to avoid Morongo Indian Resort and get you over to Vegas bad! It will happen.

[@singularitystudios4502]

It cost 12 billion to build one railway network and then Saudi Arabia just has to spend 20 billion on the worlds biggest stadiums

[@greyhoodedbryan]

Praying this project finds success. Might just create the motivation to finally finish the CHSR

[@stickynorth]

That's what I hope. I think the solution in completing the California HSR is to P3 it and create multiple private-public operators for different sections that could still use the lines interchangeably like they do in Europe with an open-track model. The public rail network infrastructure is managed separately from train operators much the same way airports are typically civic or state owned with airlines being private services who pay a fee to use it... That way you could also offer different types of trains and experiences on the same network... Also like in France where Ouigo, the SNCF ultra low budget offshoot, sees fares as low as a few Euro as long as you buy online in advance. Think RyanAir or Southwest but on rails! That makes sure ALL economic groups are afforded access to HSR services!

[@mikelfrance-l6x]

I'm sorry to say, the USA or CA are never going to spend $100B to finish the rail line from San Francisco to LA. You could buy 700 757's and fly them for 10 years for the same amount of money. The entire Federal Deficit is 30 Trillion. This one project would be 3% of the entire Federal deficit. Its is California's ENTIRE BUDGET for 3 years. If California spent every penny of its budget to pay for this, they would pay it off in three years. I don't think many people understand the lunacy of this.

[@colephelps6202]

They will never finish. The money has all been stolen, as I knew it would be.

[@andrewday3206]

@@mikelfrance-l6x The real question is how much money is saved from airport expenses and interstate costs. Passenger fees will offset a lot of the expenses and improved economic growth provides additional tax revenue

[@darthmaul216]

@@mikelfrance-l6x wait until you find out how much highways cost

[@shawliang7976]

I really love to see that happen, i have spent more than 6 hours from Las Vegas to LA before, that was nightmare

[@Mike__B]

Lets hope Brightline learns from Florida and any at grade crossings are extra secure with barriers because if one thing is for certain... people get awfully stupid in cars and happily drive through train crossings.

[@jamallhayden2512]

The Rancho Cucumanga-Las Vegas won’t have any grade crossings.

[@PrograError]

HSR will always be grade separated, speed's too fast for any grade crossings. At least one section of the interstate will have to be rerouted, according to one render by one KZbinr.

[@jamallhayden2512]

@ The California high speed rail system is fully grade separated, at least not for the parts it shares with regular rail like Caltrain e.t.c. Amtrak’s Acela is technically America’s first “high speed rail” is currently not fully grade separated.

[@fc_mobile_fcmobile]

your videos are amazing it always give me info I need.♥

[@mikelfrance-l6x]

He kinda left out the price of a ticket from Brightline -- $250 each way per person. A family of 4 would spend $2000 round trip.

[@antonSugar]

1:48 thats with NO traffic. Throw in a distracted driver mishap on a Friday evening and that drive is going to take you 6 hours.

[@OXR1200]

The nice part about putting it in Rancho Cucamonga is that the Metrolink line runs through Pomona California. The Pomona station will be a stop for the Los Angeles Metro A-Line, which goes from Long Beach and runs through DTLA.

[@turbot_]

Hopefully it being in the desert means it actually gets done. 2008 was my first major election and I remember being so excited to vote for a train from SF to LA. The flights are quick and cheap but air travel is a pain. Maybe someday we will have the train....

[@ramonalfaro3252]

Don't worry. Casino owners want your to avoid Morongo Indian Resort and get you over to Vegas bad!

[@transitengineer]

I have supported this project since the 1990's, when it was Magnetic Levitation High Speed Rail traveling up to 200 miles per hour (325 kilometers per hour). As to your question, no it will not be ready in 4-years to support the 2028, Summer Olympic games in Los Angeles. But, it should be ready within eight (8)-years by the end of 2032. (smile ... smile).

[@oremust3718]

Giggled, I’m from California and have never heard anyone call Nevada and California “southern states”. Geographically, it is a correct statement. So thanks for this… I guess I’m a bit out of touch with my head in the clouds of denial 2:44

[@stickynorth]

Southwestern states are still Southern states, just not in the traditional Eastern context we are used to. Just like Southern Canada sounds like a weirdo concept however this refers to all the provinces SOUTH of the 60th parallel which divides the nation in two. About 100K live in Northern Canada, while 40M live in the South and mostly in 3 mega-regions. Cascadia, Alberta and the Ontario-Quebec corridor...

[@oremust3718]

@ completely agree with you

[@RANDsreviews]

Loved the content! Thank you!

[@renzoreyes7037]

Why will travel time take 2:10 to cover just 225 miles when the high-speed train travels at 200MPH? The stops will take an hour?

[@paulmorton3164]

Your car can go 100 mph but good luck getting to that speed when you go to the grocery store. Acceleration/deceleration, stops, curves that require slow down.

[@sorenlarsen-dierking789]

This will be huge. Optimistically, travel between those three cities might take a minimum of four hours. Realistically, it can be an eight-hour drive. Being able to travel freely would not only be an economic boom and ecological save, but would connect us like never before.

[@nashsteve25]

With California's regulations and crazy environmentalist this rail project will be lucky if completed in 10 years. I pray this project does not bankrupt Brightline.

[@davidanalyst671]

wow!!! i found a person with common sense.

[@thatoneotherotherguy]

They have the full environmental cleared and CA is on board with this project. Funding is there. No holdups left. I’m surprised they’re still doing soils testing and haven’t broken true ground yet. Maybe next month.

[@CPTPlanet85]

It will work, They're already well underway. But their issue is gonna be pricing. People aren't about to take a $300 train ride that doesn't even take you directly to LA. When there are one way flights for 30 bucks lol. Love the idea and this company has done it multiple times already but yea that price point gonna need to come down to really become a competitor to air travel.

[@Davidj.27]

Can't see it happening it's mad how Europe is so ahead of America

[@thatoneotherotherguy]

Yep. Vacationing Europe aggravates you when you return home. Seeing all the basic nice things we can’t have. That even developing countries have now.

[@daleviker5884]

@@thatoneotherotherguy I spend months in Europe every year, and I have taken every high speed rail route you can imagine. But not in a million fuc*ing years does that make me think that HSR is appropriate for totally different environments like the US, Australia or Canada. Europe has lots of cities close together and high population density - just like Japan. The European population spread bears no resemblance to counties like the US that are vast, with low population density.

[@thatoneotherotherguy]

@ are you unaware of the dozens of brilliant close-medium range high population city pairs in the US perfect for it? We’re not focusing on Nebraska and Montana.

[@daleviker5884]

@@thatoneotherotherguy I get that, and for sure, if HSR makes sense anywhere it is close city pairings. But you are overestimating the ridership potential between American cities, other than in a few instances. The point that you and others miss is the absence of tourism. The three most heavily visited countries in the world are France, Spain and Italy, and it is no coincidence that they are the three Euro countries with HSR. Every blog I see on this topic compares the resident population of US cities with Euro ones, but ignores the fact that the tourism levels effectively treble the potential customer base in Europe. France alone gets 100m international tourists a year, so the demographics for HSR in France bear ZERO resemblance to, say, building a HSR between Chicago and St Louis. The HSR trains in Europe are very heavily dominated by tourists like me, not locals, which enables them to charge high ticket prices, and even then they lose a lot of money. If those countries didn't have tourism, the HSR systems would be unsustainable.

[@thatoneotherotherguy]

@ thank you for explaining your perspective. I do still disagree with it. I also think there's a place for "higher speed" rail, those intermediate speeds that don't quite hit 155mph. I rode a 120mph Amsterdam to Berlin train last year, for example (which was 30 years old and about to be replaced by a faster train). There is a lot of business and pleasure traffic in the US that isn't pure international tourism, enough to more than justify rail. And the only reason we don't have proper HSR from Boston to D.C. is sheer uniquely-US government incompetence. All forms of transit are subsidized, and we foolishly decided to subsidize short haul flights rather than fast trains for so many sub-600 mile routes.

[@Rexdaninja]

Born and raised in Victorville and currently live close to the strip, keep ticket prices high, too much trash in Barstow, the high desert and San Bernardino . Although this is a gun state so come find out ig

[@FREDRICKG85]

He calls it Victor Valley instead of Victorville had me laughing 😂

[@bearcubdaycare]

Brightline has a record of successfully building and operating a rail line. The cost to governments of CAHSR is dozens fold more than for Brightline West. 3 billion for Brightline West seems like a reasonable subsidy, for easing demand on I-15, compared to a hundred billion plus for CAHSR. Do Brightline West, then maybe Brightline LA-SF if they're interested, for a tiny fraction of the cost, and proven efficacy and good reviews of their Florida line.

[@ramonalfaro3252]

Rich f*cks in Exeter, CA & other cities sued several times to stall CHSR costing money & delays. Even with all the delays rail will be laid down as soon staging is done & construction materials are in place. All the major river crossing pergolas are completed as are most of the grade separations in the San Joaquin Valley which , represented the hardest portions of construction. Actual, putting down of rails is mechanized, new station, station upgrades, and other rail infrastructure (electrical mostly) is much easier than projects already they completed (They crossed several major rivers), Also, Parts of the bay area are already upgraded for future connection, Bakersfield to Palmdale plans are done and and the environmental review is done for the Palmdale to San Fernando Valley section. Despite all the bullcrap obstacles CHSR has done a great job.

[@chuckiea7011]

This is definitely needed.

[@masterchafer]

One point Regis doesn't discuss is Brightline will extend the line further into LA if the line is successful

[@PrograError]

Wouldn't that be an extension of the CAHSR...

[@stickynorth]

@@PrograError I think it's part of it, yes which is why BLW stopped where they did.. It's the interchange locations between the two concepts. Personally I think Phase II should be P3's out to Brightline to design and build since they seem to have a handle on designing cost-effective HSR more than any other railway on the continent... Ditto with the Capital Corridor concept which would see the SF Salesforce Centre station hooked up with Oakland and Sacramento with a new tunnel next to the Bay Bridge allowing even more through line services... I also support the High Desert Corridor getting underway ASAP since this would also spur development in Palmdale and Lancaster as well as give reason to spend the $35B needed for the 45 mile Palmdale-Burbank Airport-LA Union section of the project completed...

[@jwt1035]

He did in the last 20 seconds.

[@danielbecker4365]

HSR must work with the metropolitan mass transit system which is something that the public and the politicians cannot understand.

[@floycewhite6991]

There are already several daily direct flights between Ontario California and Las Vegas Nevada. There are also flights from all the other major airports in Southern California. Travelers who don't want to drive already have options to fly from nearby airports without having to take a shuttle to Cucamonga. There's also private bus service from several SoCal locations. People who want to go between Vegas and LA already are well served. Also, I don't see how a one-time blip of a few thousand passengers during the Olympics is going to mean anything against a $12 billion loan and its billions in interest payments.

[@rafaelcosta3238]

@@totallybored5526 "And who’d go by plane, bus or car when you can go on a 250mph train and not have to faff around with traffic" Those who are price sensitive. There are two types of train tickets: very expensive, or very subsidized. There are plenty of cities separated by 250 miles with high speed rail serving them, that still have multiple daily flights between them.

[@rafaelcosta3238]

@@totallybored5526 What kind of crap car do you have that you need to stop for petrol on a 250 mile journey?

[@floycewhite6991]

@@totallybored5526 I used to drive between San Diego and Vegas, LA, and San Francisco a lot. Driving was faster than any other way of going to LA. For the other cities, driving took 2 hours more. I'm talking about complete travel time from home to hotel. Plus it was cheaper. I could go whenever I liked, and stop along the way to eat if I liked. I had the car to use on each end, and that was enormously cheaper, more convenient, and safer than public transit, taxis, or a rental car. Also, the airports I used when I did fly were pretty close, so it's not like I had to fight traffic to get in and out of LAX or something. I don't live in the Inland Empire. If I have to drive all the way to Ontario, I'll just go ahead and drive the 3 hours more to Vegas.

[@copper0]

I just don’t understand why we invented cars. We had legs. We had horses! We had mules to pull caravans! We even had oxen to move heavily loaded wagons! Travelers who don’t want to walk already had options to wagon it from nearby wagon depots! Heck theres even private stage coach services from several large metropolitan cites on the east coast for people who want to go between two large cities!

[@mitchellhawkes22]

The rail between Vegas and Cucamonga seems like a winner, because it will save money, time, frustration, everything. SoCal does NOT need the Olymics to make this line viable. It is already a necessity -- to alleviate the painful, boring, and horrific LA -to-Vegas car traffic. It's secondary commuting benefits are icing on the cake.

[@neilwarren3322]

I'm from Las Vegas. They've been talking about a high-speed rail for over 20 years now. bright line already stated that ticket prices will be $400. Southwest airlines is $69 I can drive my car for $100 (gas) I don't think it's going to be as good as they're claiming it's going to be. We'll see

[@bradellison1345]

but you will save an hour and half each way HAHA

[@neilwarren3322]

@bradellison1345 and I can fly and save money and more time each way 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@PrograError]

@@neilwarren3322 but you won't need to be in terminal of 3 hours in advance, not to mention the lack of TSA checks... (who knows... maybe eventually it's a big enough target for a TSA styled checks)

[@neilwarren3322]

@@PrograError I do get all that I just wish it wasn't $400 I'd be happy to pay $50 maybe even $100 but $400 that's a bit much 😕

[@donherion377]

@@PrograError what makes you think there will not be TSA checks? High speed rail is a target too.

[@who2u333]

5:30 Olympic visitors can also hotel in Las Vegas and take the train to the games. A bit of travel, but may not be an issue if the cost delta between staying in Vegas and the LA area is large enough.

[@UberSprite]

'Rancho Cucamonga is "just east of" Los Angeles.' ... It's over an hour away! People from around the world say Las Vegas is "just east of" Los Angeles, too.

[@ramonalfaro3252]

Parts of LA are two hours from LA. An hour away is just East of.

[@jaad9848]

@@ramonalfaro3252 Still relevant when the flight to LV is 45 mins.

[@ramonalfaro3252]

@@jaad9848 You forgot an hour + for security check.

[@jaad9848]

@@ramonalfaro3252 Not at LAX unless some special days like pre thanksgiving, its about 20 mins and about 5mins if you have TSA Pre

[@justus1222]

No go for me. If they are going to build it might as well be the Mag lev. It needs to be super fast to make the trip worth while.

[@ShastaTodd]

CHSR has not failed. It is still being constructed!

[@danielbecker4365]

It needs Chinese consultants.

[@daveotuwa5596]

The kontraktourz had to deciduously suspend from the project due to the wildfires. They may resume when others are rebuilding structures that were incinerated. The grand opening is to impend a few months before the Olympics as a big hope.

[@icomefromcanadia2783]

As someone who regularly goes to Japan, I really don't think enough Canadians or Americans realise just how underdeveloped our countries are, especially given our economies, nor do they understand how much more civilized a nice train is than driving yourself. Walking or taking a metro to a train station then sitting back with more space, no traffic, with wifi, bathrooms, and being able to sleep, eat, work, or drink en route in the same or less time compared to sitting in traffic bored and tired driving yourself. It's truly shameful how underdeveloped both our countries' rail and general infrastructure are. Not taking a train cross country East-West is understandable, but it's outrageous that we don't have North-South high speed rail and regular commuter rail networks in all major coastal cities.

[@sapphirelightning2399]

I’ve lived in Vegas for almost 8 years now and I’ve only been to California 3 times if a train connected me from Vegas to LA I would visit way way way more often and if I could travel to San Francisco from Vegas I’d be one happy camper I hope they do finish this project and I hope more stops are added in the future

[@slick9308]

High speed rail isn't practical in the US. Two primary reasons. We have a very unique geography compared to Europe and our country is huge. High speed rail technology has existed for decades. Don't you think Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, etc. would have already explored and built it by now? They know it's not profitable here. In over 50 years, Amtrak has never made a profit. Ever. Bright line has been around since 2018. They have never made a profit. The last few years they've lost hundreds of billions of dollars. Who knows how much money Amtrak has lost billions of dollars. What Brightline is not telling everybody is it the vast majority of people in Vegas will not take the train to LA. Most of it will be one way. From LA to Vegas. And Brightline just announced it won't be ready in time for the Olympics .

[@odess4sd4d]

4:20 I'd be impressed if they keep the train running in the median with a semi on fire on the interstate!

[@dystopianstudios8325]

Are semi fires a common occurrence where you live? In over half a million miles driven in my life, I've never seen a semi fire.

[@grimloveswolves5217]

I think it’d be more beneficial to have more high speed trains, even if the trail only slightly faster than the trains we have already, it’d help save travel time, it’d make its money back. Cut costs on travel, it’d give those outside of the city or wherever a better chance to go and seek job opportunities in the city, that they otherwise wouldn’t have outside. And there’d be less traffic build up.

[@jamescoe4765]

Mr Clark used his own money to build the first RR to Las Vagus, hence Clark County.

[@stickynorth]

Ironic no? That's how MOST of America's major towns and cities evolved. From mere railroad sidings into major destinations! Personally I'd love to see the BLW project extended to Salt Lake since that's what was originally planned but also because it contains some of the fastest growing cities in the USA too!

[@KevinSmith-qi5yn]

The only reason this line cannot be completed by their estimated completion date would be due to the California Government. They have been the main inhibitor to infrastructure projects in the state since 2000 which is why so few infrastructure projects have been completed in the state in the last 2 decades.

[@jonpark6650]

Hopefully California politicians will use this rail option rather than their private jets setting a great example for the little people.

[@stickynorth]

And Elon Musk who still loathes railways which is why the failed hyperloop concept was proposed. Not as a real project but as a way to politically derail California HSR..

[@ShastaTodd]

@@stickynorth elmo muskrat

[@snchilders]

YES, we need more HSRail. It's amazing that a cross-country HS line hasn't been proposed. I love traveling cross-country by Amtrak, but it's very far from high-speed.

[@EuphonicState]

It’s beyond funny to me how the electric power system was explained. Like this is standard in other countries for over 100 years now?

[@jackhammer8364]

Vegas needs a Metro link !

[@TheCrazierz]

I mean, we will save about 2hrs of driving but is that worth being without a car and relying on uber or public transportation? Id rather drive to vegas and have my car.

[@andresvanvliet3413]

I would love to see high speed rail but everyone opposed to it has been allowed to sue, causing almost infinite delays.

[@Freck1886]

I'm confused why you are talking about California high speed rail in the past tense. I need to emphasize that CHR is the first in the nation and is fighting against a few extremely difficult challenges. The distance is almost 400 miles, which is further than Paris to London, is going through one of the most challenging mountain passes in the world with several extremely long tunnels and grades that are among the steepest in the world. Along with that, the environmental review was very in-depth, and the land acquisition process was grueling. All to say is that yes, it's been expensive and long delayed, but it is well on its way. This project gets a crazy amount of undue ridicule, but just remember that the US highway system took 40+ years to compete. It cost half a trillion dollars in 1950s and 60s money and ruined untold communities and cities.

[@desertdog2282]

Californias track record says it aint gonna happen. The longer I watch this video the deeper it gets. 😂

[@SpaceyGracie_]

Rancho Cucamonga is not LA. Travelling by transit from Rancho Cucamonga to LA Union Station takes well over an hour at the best of times. This adds a significant amount of time to a journey, and makes air travel still more efficient. Rancho Cucamonga is in the Inland Empire, which is an entirely different metro area from LA. To get a true high speed rail experience the train need to go to the center of the Los Angeles metro area's rail system. I get that there are significant barriers to getting a high speed system into the heart of LA, but this is too far away to incentivize travelers to use rail instead of air travel. Please stop claiming the Rancho Cucamonga is LA, it is not and I am tired of folks trying to act like it's just as good.

[@Zeyek1]

i live at riverside its an absolute win

[@SpaceyGracie_]

@@Zeyek1 Well that would be your stop then. I know there's a lot of folks who live in the IE, but it is most definitely not LA. The line should really extend to LA, but in the meantime I'll settle for everyone who is promoting it to just call it what it is, a line connecting Las Vegas to the Inland Empire.. but not LA

[@stickynorth]

For now it's good enough to at least have Metrolink connections but I agree. It's Inland Empire and not L.A. but at least it's L.A. adjacent with a cross platform transfer away from serving the rest of the metro region..

[@PuNicAdbo]

Yes yes yes. It MUST be improved when we are there. And FAA should restrict flight the second the first train departures. This is how you do it.

[@starventure]

Are you joking? LA couldn't even get a single ride train from LAX to downtown LA built, and now they can't do it ever because of retarded planning. In addition, you cannot just have this HSR going to downtown LA, it has to serve the populated areas to make money to stay alive. That means the Inland Empire, Orange County, etc. Fixating on just downtown LA is sure fire way to kill it.

[@MersageSW]

Thank you for sharing!

[@SR-bh5jd]

50 years ahead of the California high speed rail. The first section of 22.5 miles.

[@kobartlett]

The train to nowhere. Everybody’s gonna be lining up to take the train from Bakersfield to Merced said no one ever.

[@thatoneotherotherguy]

@@kobartlett those cities and Fresno do not have comically low populations. Get over it. The initial train will “only” serve a million people. As if that’s not enough to justify a train…..

[@kobartlett]

⁠correct. Spending billions of dollars to serve a million people is idiotic. A small fraction will ever even use this. I know the valley very well. I’m from just outside of Fresno and graduated from Fresno State @@thatoneotherotherguy

[@iTek14]

Let's get it done. Other countries, particularly China, have established extensive high-speed rail networks across their territories, while wealthier countries like the United States face significant challenges in this regard. It's truly astonishing.

[@daleviker5884]

America has 92% car ownership. China is barely half that. America has a vast network of highways crossing the nation. China doesn't. HSR is simply an indulgence when you already have the best private transport system in the world.

[@iTek14]

@@daleviker5884 You bring up some interesting points about the differences in transportation infrastructure between the United States and China. It's true that car ownership is much higher in the US, and our highway system is extensive. However, high-speed rail (HSR) offers several advantages that may not be immediately apparent: * Efficiency and Speed: HSR can significantly reduce travel time, especially for long distances. This can boost economic productivity and tourism. * Reduced Congestion: By taking some travelers off the roads, HSR can help alleviate traffic congestion, particularly in densely populated areas. * Environmental Impact: Trains are generally more energy-efficient per passenger mile than cars or airplanes, leading to lower greenhouse gas emissions. * Accessibility: HSR can provide an alternative mode of transportation for people who cannot drive or do not have access to a car. While the US has a well-developed car-based transportation system, HSR could complement it by offering a faster, more efficient, and environmentally friendly option for certain travel needs.

[@gb9727]

Brightline should build a Cross-USA railway

[@stickynorth]

Or at least envision a proper Inter State Interstate Railway network reusing the existing median ROW like they are doing now. This could be an easily repeatable model for not only the nation but the world...

[@TheRailwayDrone]

@@stickynorth To be blunt, I would not want to model Brightline around the country if they continue to build single track high speed railways or railways with crossings. That is not the way to build an efficient railway.

[@aaronrogers1971]

Ground News is amazing. I only wish I could afford the full site.

[@Gli_alieni]

The problem with high speed in the USA is that there are not many big cities that you can connect in a straight line and when there are they are scattered around one of the largest cities in the world, which makes it impossible to make a single route and everyone selfishly thinks about their own city to connect to one of the largest city in the world ... moreover, because of the mountain range that separates the USA on the East Coast from those on the West Coast, it is very difficult to think that it makes sense to make so many high-speed routes that are too expensive and the plane is preferred. I would like them to make some high speed that makes sense ... for example, in the western part of the USA it would make sense to do the high speed only North-South (therefore along the coast), for example: Portland-Vancouver-Seattle-Vancouver(Canada) and another high speed Los Angeles - San Jose - San Francisco. In the western part of the USA, high-speed trains from the west coast to the hinterland makes no sense.

[@thatoneotherotherguy]

Not really. There are dozens and dozens of perfect size perfect distance city pairs in the US ripe for HSR. Many channels have made videos on the subject.

[@daleviker5884]

@@thatoneotherotherguy "Many channels have made videos on the subject". Yes. But the "analysis" in most of them has as much value as used toilet paper.

[@BrowseAndLook]

There's no way this would only cost $12BN。 $30BN is more likely if it is ever built.

[@themanyouwanttobe]

4:19 but if the truck crashed on I15 and the highway was shut down because of a hazardous zone, wouldn't the rail line that runs on the highway median also be shut down?

[@devAvent]

if the rail line was affected, most likely. i feel like the occasional disruption is outweighed by the reduced traffic congestion, travel time, and environment/economy benefits.

[@stickman-1]

LOL. I live in So. Nevada. Let me tell you the traffic on 15. It's 80% semi-trucks. Sure, during certain times of the year and local events it's higher for cars, but most of that route does not have many passenger cars. A similar project is I-11. (Phoenix to Las Vegas, currently mostly I-95) It was proposed in the late 1980's, seriously talked about in the 1990's and the put up signs that say "Future of I-11" about 8 years ago. And I-95 has a lot more passenger cars than I-15. And yet, it never really gets done. As far as I care, as long as it's funded privately, they can build a road too the moon. But I know how this will go. The company will start the project, get some miles done and then the cost will go over budget, they will hire lobbyists and ask for billions more. "Look it's ,almost done' it'd be a waste not to finish it." And then the states will chip in and it'll be funded by gasoline tax. And then it'll be half empty cars except for big events.

[@user-pb4xl5wj7s]

I'm confused I have driven from las vegas to Rancho Cucamonga and made it in 2 hours no lie so if a train travels at 210mph it should take just over 1 hour

[@PapillonTraining]

Yes, you are correct if the train maintained that speed. Concessions had to be made due to terrain, elevation and curves. It may go as high as 200mph, but for very short distances. I believe in the range of 16-20 miles at a time. Lucid Stew on KZbin has informative videos on this for the past couple of years.

[@patrisio3]

The 2 hours also includes time stopped at the stations enroute.

[@tolltroll]

I’ve driven from Rancho to Las Vegas numerous times. Thats no lie I get there in 2 hours and some change everytime

[@Yyy-x7i]

Let's hope that this project can bring some hope to the American high-speed passenger rail infrastructure, as the nation and states see the benefits it brings.

[@stuttgartspotting]

Hoffentlich denken die auch auf einen Blendschutz für den Lokführer. Außerdem sollte es auf beiden Seiten der Strecke eine Mauer geben, damit kein Fahrzeug auf die Strecke geraten kann. Auf der SFS Wendlingen-Ulm die neben der A8 verläuft gibt es sowas auch und nein das ist kein Lärmschutz.

[@Tesseract1887]

Instead of a wall it would be more practical to use elevated rail, much less infrastructure, plus people can get over walls can't climb up elevated rails, much safer

[@gerbear2024]

High-speed rail from LV to LA is great. I don't know anyone in LA who hasn't gone to LV. I will be positive for both states provided the ticket prices won't be too crazy.

[@jamestucker8088]

They need to extend it to DTLA ASAP. The worst part of driving to Las Vegas is driving across LA to get to Rancho Cucamonga. After that its smooth sailing to Las Vegas. Also its easy to get to DTLA. There are so many bus and light rail options from all over the city.

[@jaad9848]

Exactly. This project is dead as planned.

[@OnlyInLasVegas]

Build it all!! Long overdue!!!

[@kevinhirschowitz8550]

i absolutely need this high speed rail network, its just too important. whats even cooler is you can totally drag those lines up north and go all the way to seattle, just really connecting the whole costal region. MAKE IT HAPPEN PLEASE GOVT.

[@ramonalfaro3252]

Having to fight the Oil, Car, Airline Lobbies, and Rich NIMBYS is the problem!

[@Nathan15038]

OK, but as someone who lives in Vegas and has family and friends in LA and even up in the Bay Area. I’ve been waiting for this but the thing is not what I expected because I rather drive or fly anyways and I’d rather have them open up the highway to three lanes. I mean, I have a relative down in Rancho Cucamonga who could drive me to a rental car company.😅