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Brightline West breaks ground on $12 billion Vegas to California high-speed rail project

Josh Niland

Brightline West Las Vegas Station exterior view. Image courtesy Brightline West

The $12 billion high-speed rail infrastructure project that will connect

Las Vegas

with various hubs in the

Southern California

region is off and running.

Brightline West’s 218-mile loop

is now under construction with a $3 billion

push

from the Biden administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and the 2028 finish line in sight to coincide with LA's turn as host of that year's

Summer Olympics and Paralympics

.

Las Vegas Station aerial view. Image courtesy Brightline West

Las Vegas Station interior view. Image courtesy Brightline West

The trains will be operated at a maximal speed of 200 miles per hour, setting the North American record. (Another project between Raleigh, North Carolina, and Richmond, Virginia, will commence soon.) Wes Edens, Brightline's founder, said: “Today is long overdue, but the blueprint we’ve created with Brightline will allow us to repeat this model in other city pairs around the country.”

Rancho Cucamonga Station exterior view. Image courtesy Brightline West

Rancho Cucamonga platform view. Image courtesy Brightline West

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told reporters: “Partnering with state leaders and Brightline West, we’re writing a new chapter in our country’s transportation story that includes thousands of union jobs, new connections to better economic opportunity, less congestion on the roads, and less pollution in the air.”

Party car interior night view. Image courtesy Brightline West