LAist: About that High Speed Train to Las Vegas

wiyum

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:34:27 -0800

thx bluefairlane lol i'm lazy =p and monorail?! isn't cali already a big amusement park for many?!

nomnomnom

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:57:09 -0800

"Monorail, monorail, monorail!"

BlueFairlane

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:32:10 -0800

wiyum: An Amtrak ticket from Vegas to LA puts you on the same Greyhound bus as a Greyhound bus ticket.

GarySe7en

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:34:47 -0800

With Prop1A passed, a lot of this seems more silly then ever. Mag-lev is not at this time very cost effective, is incompatible with other train systems, and only moderately faster. A huge stretch of their proposal is redundant with the CA HSR route. If they want to continue with region connections the CA HSR would not connect, they should be working together to use compatible trains so we can create a cohesive system.

soledadenmasa

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:20:21 -0800

The proposed line that goes south from Downtown L.A. to Orange County is the same path Metro wants for its own use (line 1K).

wiyum

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:13:41 -0800

@ polaroidgirl: LOL @ GarySe7en: running ANY train from LA to Vegas would be nice. An Amtrak ticket from Vegas to LA puts you on the same Greyhound bus that a Greyhound bus ticket would have put you on. [i can't end the above sentence without that proposition at the end. =( ]

GarySe7en

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:54:32 -0800

Running a supped up Amtrak train like the Acela to Vegas would be a lot faster then driving, and a million times cheaper then building a flashy mag-lev track.

polaroidgirl

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:46:29 -0800

I'd rather pay for a train to Vegas than one from Van Nuys to UCLA...

panasonicyouth

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:44:07 -0800

Why wouldn't you pay for a train to Vegas? It's on California soil, so why should another state pay for it? That makes no sense. I love this idea and I'll definitely consider taking it.

benh57

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:40:39 -0800

"building a new website" link is broken. (missing an "h")

tp4free

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:24:36 -0800

i will not pay for a train to vegas. let vegas pay for that. f u vegas. i hate you.

damian_z

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:20:17 -0800

Where are they going to get the water to supply an under-track park like that in the *desert*. I sure hope that pic is just illustrating the principle of the thing and not a projected reality. Vegas sucks away too much water as it is. That aside, I'll be first in line for a ticket.

estarla

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:09:18 -0800

All I'm sayin' is, there needs to be a high speed train to Mammoth.