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Originally Posted by ardecila
Not that 256 trains is necessarily realistic
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Yeah I don't think CAHSR has any intention of actually doing 256 trains since jamming 12 trains per hour, per direction between LA Union and Palmdale leaves no time slot for service to Las Vegas. And remember 30 miles was added to the CASHR mainline by diverting to Palmdale in order to make a Las Vegas connection possible.
The amount of airline traffic between LA's airports and Las Vegas is pretty significant. I just counted the following:
LAX - 24 planes each way per day
Burbank - 8 planes each way per day
Ontario - 1 flight per day each way
Orange County - 7 planes each way per day
It seems like building political support for the southern half of CAHSR could be better accomplished if a line to Las Vegas is integral in the plans.
I don't think the Virgin Trains thing to Victorville is going to be very successful, and it's likely that the whole plan for that effort is to sell out to CAHSR at some point to take over the line and tie it into the true HSR network at Palmdale.