Re: Brightline takes over Victorville-Vegas (yes HSR) rail project
Author: I'm not your buddy, acquaintance
Date: 09-18-2018 - 12:28
I'd be curious if Brightline and LA County might jointly fund some realigning Santa Clarita-Palmdale and double tracking of the Antelope Valley Line in the short term. Hasn't Metrolink been studying that the last year with county funding? I wonder if that could be finished years faster than waiting for the long Sylmar-Palmdale HSR tunnels? Maybe by 2028? Or is there some California Coastal Caramel Commission bureaucracy that would drag anything out for years and years?
Is Brightline planning on using FRA-compatible equipment, so they could run on Metrolink?
Are they planning for diesel HSR to start, with electrification later?