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November 16, 2022 | Infrastructure

Brightline West Las Vegas - LA high-speed line construction “to start in 2023”

Project aims to offer a journey time of to 2h 15min and reduce road traffic on Interstate 15.

October 22, 2021 | North America

Brightline West project advances in California

Memorandum of Understanding signed for a 77km section of Brightline West line to link stations in California.

September 30, 2021 | Analysis

Bright times ahead for Brightline

The Inter-city operator is looking to the future as new trains arrive and new lines progress, as Richard Clinnick reports.

July 9, 2021 | Infrastructure

Brightline obtains Las Vegas station site

Brightline Holdings has acquired a 44.5 hectare area of land that will be the home of Brightline West’s Las Vegas high-speed terminus station.

April 21, 2021 | Infrastructure

Brightline CEO confirms Las Vegas construction in 2021

Amtrak is also considering constructing a line between Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

April 16, 2021 | Light Rail

Las Vegas to develop light rail line?

Axios Nevada agrees to provide two-year study of 30km high-capacity transit system on Charleston Boulevard.

January 20, 2021 | Infrastructure

California - Las Vegas HS line construction could start in Q2 2021

BRIGHTLINE West hopes to begin construction of its $US 8.4bn 270km California - Las Vegas high-speed line in the second quarter of 2021.

September 8, 2020 | Financial

XpressWest receives approval for future bond sales

XPRESSWEST, a subsidiary of American private operator Brightline, has received approval from the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (CIEDB) to be reimbursed through a future bond sale for the cost of its planned 273.6km high-speed line from California to Las Vegas.

August 3, 2020 | Financial

Nevada approves final bonds for Las Vegas HS project

THE Nevada State Board of Finance has approved up to $US 200m in state bonds for Virgin Trains USA’s privately-funded $US 4.8bn high-speed line between Las Vegas and Southern California.

July 2, 2020 | High-speed

Virgin Trains plans extension of LA - Las Vegas high-speed line

XPRESSWEST, the subsidiary of Virgin Trains USA planning a high-speed line from California to Las Vegas, has begun early talks to extend the western terminus from Victorville to Rancho Cucamonga, where the line could connect directly to the Los Angeles metro network.

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