High-Speed Train From Southern California to Las Vegas ‘Picking up Steam’
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 02.26.08 | 10:13 AM ET
The plans for a high-speed link between Los Angeles to San Francisco make more sense to me. Alas, they’re stalled. So are the plans for a Disneyland to Las Vegas MagLev train. That has given an opening to the DesertXpress, a privately funded high-speed project that seeks to connect Las Vegas with Victorville, California, perhaps best known as the place where, when you’re driving from Los Angeles to Sin City, you can stop off for a Double-Double at In-N-Out.
Why end the train line there? Good question. Presumably travelers from Los Angeles would drive to Victorville, and take the train the rest of the way at 125 m.p.h.
The AP has more on the DesertXpress, as well as details on the status of the MagLev.
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
George Beaver 10.14.08 | 10:33 PM ET
I grew up in a train town(Mechanicville,NY)also I traveled on high speed rail in Europe and loved it.It’s the most efficient way of getting around Europe and hopefully in US.