Just a few months ago, Bright Line W broke ground
on the high speed rail project that would connect Las
Vegas to Southern California.
I'm Joe Moeller at Blue Diamond in Las Vegas Blvd.
This is where the train station would be here.
Well, now a new project is in the works that
could connect Las Vegas to even more California cities from
Las Vegas to Los Angeles.
At the Seven Magic Mountains outside Vegas,
you'll find a lot of Rd.
trippers. I use such trains in Europe and it's very,
very convenient. Yugo Yurchenko is open to a train option.
It's going to be quicker.
In the spring, Brightline W broke ground on a high
speed rail line from Las Vegas to Rancho Cucamonga,
about 47 miles east of Los Angeles,
with a stop in Victorville.
The goal was to have it done by the 2028
Olympics in Los Angeles.
Back in 2015, California broke ground on another high speed
rail project that will go up and down the state.
It's going to be a 54 Mile High speed rail
that's going to be a connector of sorts.
Monday at a ceremony in Palmdale,
the High Desert Corridor Powers Agency celebrated a labor agreement.
For another high speed rail line from Victorville to Palmdale,
that means from Las Vegas you could get to Victorville,
then connect to Palmdale and eventually other parts of California
on their line.
More work needs to be done,
but the agreement means this is one step closer to
reality.
Catherine Barger is a Los Angeles County supervisor.
You will be able to.
Really be able to connect between Union Station to Las
Vegas going through the Antelope Valley.
She says funds are coming from LA County,
California and the federal government.
The high desert border, high speed rail project is going
to generate approximately 12 billion.
Dollars in economic activity for the surrounding region.
She hopes to break ground in the next four years.
California high speed rails. Goal is to operate portions of
the route by 20-30.
If it's something like that then yeah.
This California couple used the high speed train in Japan.
They preferred it over going to an airport.
With the train, you're just like OK,
9:00 I'll be there. Hop in.
Go. And they estimate that the rail line connecting Victorville
to Palmdale could cost around $5 billion.
Reporting in Las Vegas South of this trip.
I'm Joe Muller.