Company Begins Hiring for High-Speed Rail Project Between Las Vegas and Los Angeles

After receiving approximately $3 billion in federal funding last month for a new high-speed railway system, Brightline West—an intercity passenger high-speed rail service company—recently announced it’s gearing up to begin the hiring process for construction. The new railway will extend 218 miles from Las Vegas, Nevada to Rancho Cucamonga, California—northwest of Los Angeles—with additional stations in Apple Valley and Hesperia. Map of a high-speed rail line planned between Los Angeles and Los Vegas. (Courtesy of Brightline West) Traveling at more than 186 miles per hour, the railway will take passengers from the start to end destination in just two hours and 10 minutes—twice as fast as the average drive time....