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Las Vegas is a gambling and tourist destination for the Greater Los Angeles area. [10] Interstate 15 is a direct route between the two regions. [11] [12] [13] An estimated 50 million people travel between Los Angeles and Las Vegas annually, with 85% using a car. [14]
The following year, Amtrak launched an agreement with Greyhound allowing for passengers to buy combined bus and rail tickets for connecting services run by the two companies. These services were the predecessors of Thruway Motorcoach. The first Amtrak bus service to bear the name "Amtrak Thruway" was launched in California in 1993. [2]
The Union Pacific Railroad began the City of Los Angeles between Chicago and Los Angeles in 1936. This train ran until it was combined with the City of San Francisco in 1960. In 1956 the City of Las Vegas began between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The train was renamed the Las Vegas Holiday Special and ran until it
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A bipartisan congressional group from Nevada and California asked the Biden administration Monday to fast-track federal funds for a private company to build a high-speed rail ...
Seattle – Los Angeles April 1972 present Desert Wind: Ogden – Los Angeles October 28, 1979 July 15, 1983 Salt Lake City – Los Angeles July 15, 1983 May 10, 1997 Expo '74: Seattle – Spokane: May 19, 1974 September 14, 1974 Las Vegas Limited: Las Vegas – Los Angeles May 21, 1976 August 8, 1976 Metroliner: Los Angeles – San Diego April ...
A $12 billion passenger bullet train linking Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area was dubbed the first true high-speed rail line in the nation on Monday, with the private company building it ...
In May 2017, the Las Vegas Railway Express sold its operation and branding to X Rail Entertainment. [1] In October 2018, the Las Vegas Railway Express proposed to change its name to United Rail Inc. [2] In November 2018, the company chose First Transit Group to operate the train, [3] but as of August 2019, the company was in talks with Amtrak ...
A project to connect Los Angeles and Las Vegas via electric high speed rail could break ground in early 2024, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Tuesday.