The Manual, 10/9/18:
New Brightline Train Will Connect Vegas to Southern California in Just 2 Hours
Vegas, baby! The route between Southern California and Sin City is one of the most frequently traveled in the United States. Problem is: it’s at least a four-hour trip one-way by car. That’s more than eight hours round-trip — eight hours of driving that could be better spent smoking cigars, feeding your face at the casino’s questionable seafood buffet, and pretending you can actually fake a half-way decent poker face. Thankfully, a huge investment in near-high-speed rail travel along this corridor could cut that travel time in half.
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Late last month, Brightline announced their acquisition of the long-defunct XpressWest project — a high-speed intercity passenger rail line slated to run between Victorville, California, and Las Vegas. Construction will begin in 2019 with a planned completion date of sometime in 2022. Brightline further plans to expand the new Vegas terminal with 38 acres of land just off the Vegas Strip, where the terminus will serve as a major travel hub for buses, shuttles, and taxis.
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