America’s $12BN High-Speed Rail to Las Vegas
By MegaBuilds
In preparation for the Summer Olympics in 2028, the USA is taking on an ambitious project to connect Las Vegas in Nevada with Rancho Cucamonga, just east of Los Angeles in California.
But can they be successful this time? And will they finish in time with only 4 years left on the clock? Let’s find out.
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0:00 America’s $12BN High-Speed Rail to Las Vegas
0:40 The Route
2:04 So How Did This Idea Come to Be?
3:08 Transforming Travel Between Vegas & California
4:38 What Will These Trains Look Like on the Inside?
5:07 Construction
6:33 Funding
8:31 Benefits
9:35 A Federal Lawsuit
11:02 Will This Project Be Completed In Time?
Here’s what others had to say:
@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.
@Crabsford
It’s crazy how the car lobby wrecked US railway infrastructure
@konplayz
American incompetence, even with the most abundant resources in the entire world, never ceases to amaze me.
@jharbo
It once took me 11 hours to get from vegas to LA. The traffic can be brutal on certain days.
@agorilla7137
Fingers crossed they succeed to such a degree that Rail as a business improves across the US.
@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.
@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)
@appalachianenthusiast9499
CAHSR has not stalled out. In fact, we are nearing the installation of track on the IOS.
@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.
@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!
@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.
@SR-bh5jd
50 years ahead of the California high speed rail. The first section of 22.5 miles.
@greyhoodedbryan
Praying this project finds success. Might just create the motivation to finally finish the CHSR
@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.
@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.
@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.
@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….
@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.
Original source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KungmxA2nY