There will eventually be two "crosstown" routes to link the gap between D and E, so at least there will be some options. The K Line will make it's way northward to West Hollywood and cross the D. And the Sepulvida Transit Project will bring a connection further to the west.Certainly a huge accomplishment for LA. I wish the Santa Monica NIMBYS lost the effort to extend the line to Pier and link up with the E line.
Starting to wonder if Brightline should takeover CAHSR to get the project done.Siemens to build high speed trainsets for Brightline West - Trains
LAS VEGAS — Siemens Mobility has been selected as the “preferred bidder” to build the initial trainsets for the Brightline West high speed rail project, Brightline announced today (Wednesday, May 1). Siemens will build 10 “American Pioneer 220” trainsets and receive a 30-year contract for...www.trains.com
Brightline West orders Siemens Velaro 7-car HSR trainsets. Vegas-California is starting to get pretty real with shovels hitting ground on the I-15 median and now this.
If only they had a real last mile solution in LA. Then it would be a true HSR solution.Siemens to build high speed trainsets for Brightline West - Trains
LAS VEGAS — Siemens Mobility has been selected as the “preferred bidder” to build the initial trainsets for the Brightline West high speed rail project, Brightline announced today (Wednesday, May 1). Siemens will build 10 “American Pioneer 220” trainsets and receive a 30-year contract for...www.trains.com
Brightline West orders Siemens Velaro 7-car HSR trainsets. Vegas-California is starting to get pretty real with shovels hitting ground on the I-15 median and now this.
Starting to wonder if Brightline should takeover CAHSR to get the project done.
If only they had a real last mile solution in LA. Then it would be a true HSR solution.
Palmdale expansion is on the back-burner right now, as it doesn't make much sense to implement until CAHSR gets its act together on last-mile to L.A. Until CAHSR comes, Palmdale will only connect to the service-poor Metrolink Antelope Valley Line, which only runs 11 round-trips daily on a somewhat slow/meandering schedule almost 2 hours long, with a super-anemic (6 RT's) weekend schedule. They're opting in the interim to build to Rancho Cucamonga on the Metrolink San Bernardino Line, which gets 18 RT's (8 weekend) and only takes 1:10 into L.A. Union.Isnt what the high desert corridor is for.
https://dpw.sbcounty.gov/transportation/high-desert-corridor/
Brightline west is definitely making their life a billion times easier by using the existing right of way in the median of i15 vs the route CAHSR went having to buy/aquire/eminent domain every parcel along the way from LA to SF