Work has begun for a bullet train route between L.A. and Las Vegas, and there are those who feel this may give hope to a once scrapped Utah high speed rail pla
FILE - A Brightline train is shown at a station in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Jan. 11, 2018. A fast-tracked plan to build a high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area is set to mark the start of construction. Brightline West and U.S. transportation secretary and other officials projecting that millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028. n.
On Monday, ground broke in Vegas for 200 miles of track to be built along I-15 between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The train will be designed to reach 186 miles and hour. Right now, a drive between the two cities takes more than 4 hours.Utah transportation officials had petitioned the federal government to fund the study of a high speed route from Las Vegas to Salt Lake City to Boise.Transportation Secretary Pet Buttigieg was at the Vegas groundbreaking and gave some hope for Utahns who hope a local route could be a next step.
"I am firmly convinced once the first customer buys a ticket to ride true, high speed rail on American soil, there will be no going back," said Buttigieg. "People will demand and expect this everywhere and leaders will respond. More high speed rail lines are coming." The plan is for the L.A. to Vegas route to be finished by 2028, in time for the Los Angeles Summer Olympics.Stay Connected
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