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>Connect it to Union Station and LAX if you want some ridership. FTA: >Brightline West [...] aims to lay 218 miles (351 kilometers) of new track almost all in
by focusgroup0 2y ago
>Connect it to Union Station and LAX if you want some ridership.
FTA:
>Brightline West [...] aims to lay 218 miles (351 kilometers) of new track almost all in the median of Interstate 15 between Las Vegas and Rancho Cucamonga, California. It would link there with a commuter rail connection to downtown Los Angeles
- Symbiote 2y agoI hope they can run a more frequent service, or at least alter the times to match up with the HSR, once service begins. It's currently only hourly after the morning, and doesn't run after 7pm. https://metrolinktrains.com/schedules/?type=station&originId=121&destinationId=107&weekend=0 https://metrolinktrains.com/schedules/?type=station&originId...
- dheera 2y ago> It would link there with a commuter rail connection to downtown Los Angeles So cut the commuter rail crap and just send the bullet trains to downtown Los Angeles? Put another way, they've cut 4 hours of driving into 3 hours of train riding where you can't even get 3 hours of sleep and have to haul your luggage to another platform, likely up and down some stairs, 2 hours into it. And you still need to deal with transit once you arrive, so add another hour to get wherever you're actually going in LA (if you're lucky with the traffic). Time savings is zero.
- seanp2k2 2y agoYup, just like flying between SF and LA. It takes the same amount of time as driving once you factor in all the other BS that airports entail. Charter planes are definitely faster but an order of magnitude more expensive. JSX is a decent alternative if you live near OAK and want to go to BUR. JSX out of SJC would be awesome, but not as awesome as a $50 high-speed train ride to LA that took the same time door-to-door as JSX.