Brightline West

Overview
Service type	High-speed rail
Status	Under construction
Locale	California, Nevada
Predecessor	DesertXpress XpressWest Desert Wind (Amtrak)
First service	2028
Current operator(s)	Brightline
Website	brightlinewest.com
Route
Start	Rancho Cucamonga, California, US
End	Las Vegas, Nevada, US
Distance travelled	218 miles (351 km)[1]
Average journey time	About 2h 10m[1]
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line at 25 kV (AC)
Operating speed	Top: 180 mph (290 km/h) Average: 101 mph (165 km/h)

Brightline West is an a future high-speed rail line in the United States. It will run from Las Vegas in Nevada to Rancho Cucamonga in California. At that station, passengers can connect with the Metrolink commuter rail, which can get people to Los Angeles. The high-speed rail line will also stop at Victor Valley and Hesperia. Construction on the line started on April 22, 2024.^[2] It will open in 2028.^[3] In December 2023, the United States Department of Transportation gave Brightline West $3 billion for the project.^[4]

Brightline West plans to improve travel between Southern California and Las Vegas, a popular travel route. No passenger train service currently goes to Las Vegas. The main highway to go between those places is Interstate 15. It is often congested. The new line will mostly run next to or in the middle of Interstate 15. It will take about 2 hours to go its entire route.

When the line starts operation, it will bring back passenger train service to Las Vegas. The last time Las Vegas had it was with the Amtrak Desert Wind train in the 1990s. It ran between Los Angeles and Las Vegas and stopped operations in 1997.^[5]

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