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Originally Posted by homebucket
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Why not connect it to Phase II of CAHSR (the LA to SD route) since it'll be swinging through ONT? The additional track connecting from the Rancho Cucamonga Brightline West station to wherever the CAHSR ONT station will be shouldn't be more than 4-6 miles in length, far shorter than this proposed 54 mile route. Or really, the most simple solution, interline Brightline with the existing Metrolink San Bernardino Line, if the ultimate goal is to provide direct service between Union Station and Las Vegas. |
My guess is because Phase II is many years after Phase I?
And Apple Valley to Palmdale was already in the planning stages, it was talked about on page 211 (High Desert Corridor):
https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=180558&page=211
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