Two high speed trains are being proposed in order to connect L.A. and Las Vegas. One company would even like to have its first run by the middle of 2011.
The “X Train” would like to run their passengers from Union Station in L.A. to an undetermined station in L.V. and have passengers engaged in a party atmosphere for the ride. They would like the Las Vegas party start for tourists before they even arrive.
Rival DesertXpress would like to have their train go from Las Vegas to Victorville, Ca. X Train’s CEO states that the trains won’t compete with each other as the experiences will be completely different, as would the passengers.
Here is more of the story from the Sun:
Michael Barron, chairman and CEO of the company, which is calling its project the “X Train,” envisions having a party atmosphere on wheels when the train takes passengers from Los Angeles’ Union Station to an as-yet-undetermined station location in Las Vegas in about 5 1/2 hours.
“It’s here now, existing technology that won’t take billions of dollars or even hundreds of millions of dollars to develop,” Barron says. “We’re acquiring standard train sets and bi-level commuter passenger cars, and then we’re getting some special cars that we’ll trick up to become a gaming car or a sports and entertainment car.”
