Construction begins on high speed rail between LA and Las Vegas

On Monday, crews broke ground on the $12 billion rail project that will cut the four hour trip from LA to Las Vegas to under two hours. Brightline West aims to lay 218 miles of new track. #TODAYShow #HighSpeedRail

[ronparrish]

I'll win the jackpot in Vegas before this thing get's going

[Kat-nje]

I love train's I am going to start my own passinger railroad

[rickbuchanan]

I thought California deficit was going to hit $60, 000, 000, 000 this year. Wonder where the money is coming from.

[solonutiket]

We will see if they can build a RR without roads crossing the track that will slow the trains down.

[danielhoward]

Why would we want to go to Vegas if the Olympics are in Las Angeles?

[Wooster]

$12 billion dollars. It will be 10x that amount by the time it's done.

[Ronkyortdox]

But what about the homeless on the tracks

[johnf]

Absolutely nobody in Los Angeles or Las Vegas believes this will be completed - ever.

[CAZ]

Apparently common sense no longer exists.

[MrJuvefrank]

Keep on trying until the train set is done.

[jcc]

$400 ticket prices who going to afford that flying still cheaper

[knifeshukur]

Can’t this country do any thing right, they tell me the train will
Not be going all the way to LA, that’s makes no sense not to take the line all the way heart of the city and connect to Amtrak it make mores sense to go all the way to LA but I think they don’t want to make it convenient for gangs