Brightline West
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Brightline West is a privately run high-speed rail line under construction in California and Nevada. When complete, it will link the Las Vegas Valley and Rancho Cucamonga in Greater Los Angeles throug
Las Vegas station parking garage construction along I-15 in late 2025
Interstate 15 approaching Cave Mountain, California (above) and in the Ivanpah Valley, Nevada (below). The line is planned to run in the highway median strip for most of its length.
Prototype car of Siemens Velaro Novo high speed train, similar to platform proposed for Brightline West
Cave Mountain Interstate 15
Siemens Velaro
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Siemens Velaro is a family of high-speed electric multiple unit trains built by Siemens. It is based on the ICE 3 high-speed trains initially co-manufactured by Siemens and Bombardier for German natio
Brightline West
…American Pioneer 220 trainsets, with a capacity of 434–450 passengers. The service plans to use the American Pioneer 220, an American variant of the Siemens Velaro Novo high-speed electric multiple unit. Brightline would be the first customer of the Siemens Velaro Novo platform, which has been tested in Germany using…
Velaro MS of Deutsche Bahn
A Spanish Series 103 train, Velaro E
At Barcelona-Sants station
A Velaro CRH3C in China