Proposals for SoCal-Vegas train aim to cut traffic, travel time
http://www.travelweekly.com/article3_ektid204592.aspx
Two plans for a high-speed rail line connecting Las Vegas to Southern California are being proposed by competing factions that both believe the shorter travel time and ability to lengthen the festivities will lure enough drivers off Interstate 15 to support such projects.
Las Vegas-based DesertXpress last month pitched the latest details of a $4 billion plan for a steel-wheels-on-rail train that can travel up to 150 mph and would connect Las Vegas to California’s planned north-south, high-speed rail network.
15 years
Good to hear that America is expanding its train service. However, since one end of the route is Las Vegas, I suspect the fares may be too high for budget travellers.
I hope also they have a daytime service. I have wanted to travel on the route from San Francisco to Portland Oregon -- but I rejected it because the really scenic section is only done through the night!!:mad:
15 years
I hope also they have a daytime service. I have wanted to travel on the route from San Francisco to Portland Oregon -- but I rejected it because the really scenic section is only done through the night!!:mad:
That reminds me -- I was going to book a train ticket from SF to Seattle today for next week :)
I just checked and it's only leaves at night, but takes 21 hours and doesn't get into Seattle until 8pm the next day. Not sure if it's worth flying instead.
15 years
See... this seems like a waste to me because there's already an easy way to get to vegas from SoCal; Highway 15. Now, if they opened up a new path from the Bay Area, it would save us the pain of driving all the way down to Bakersfield just to cut across to the 15 and take the same path. :mad:
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