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Going back and forth between Las Vegas and California just got easier. Gone will be the days of an unnecessary flight between the two or a long road trip, soon people will be able to simply hop on the train and appear in one of the two areas quickly and easily! The train’s proposal received an approval from the Biden administration and is set to be given $2.5 billion in tax-exempt bonds. The project is estimated to cost a total of $12 billion. Already, the project received a $3 billion grant from the United States Department of Transportation. Additionally, the U.S. government approved the company set to build the train to have the ability to sell $1 billion in other bonds. This was the approved way for the company to fund the project.

The new train should have a run time of around two hours and 10 minutes.

The train will primarily run along Interstate 15, which is the main roadway between California and Las Vegas. The line is expected to come in around a 218-mile distance. The project construction has been titled the Brightline West High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail project. In the current project projections, the train will spend most of its travel time traveling at 186 miles per hour. This is what will allow the train to take half of the time it takes for the journey by car.

There will be several stops along the trains journey, with the main flagship station being in Las Vegas. The other stations in California will be in Apple Valley, Hesperia, and Rancho Cucamonga. The station at Rancho Cucamonga is also a Metrolink servicing station, which will allow the train station to be connected to other travelers coming from Los Angeles and more California cities.

The current goal is for the project to be completed by 2028.

The summer Olympics are set to be held in Los Angeles in 2028, which is why project leaders are hoping to have the construction done by that summer. That will allow more and easier transportation for people coming in and going out of California.

The grant given to the project came from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity Program at the U.S. DOT office. This program is also funding the construction of train stations for the Brightline West plan in Hesperia and Victor Valley.