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US firm scraps plan for China to build LA-Vegas rail line
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/10/us-firm-scraps-plan-china-build-la-vegas-rail-line/
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US firm scraps plan for China to build LA-Vegas rail line
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/10/us-firm-scraps-plan-china-build-la-vegas-rail-line/
XpressWest, seeking to build U.S. high-speed rail, ends deal with China group
(Reuters) - XpressWest, the private U.S. firm proposing to build a high-speed rail link between Las Vegas and Los Angeles, terminated a joint venture with Chinese companies less than nine months after the deal was announced, citing delays faced by its partner.
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Unbreakable Bullet Trains: Amazingly, a US High-Speed Rail System Is Actually Taking Shape
The US just partnered with China to build a bullet train between LA and Vegas
Americans can look forward to zooming between LA and Las Vegas at 240 km/h in a new high-speed bullet train that’s set to whittle the 370-kilometre trip down, from 4 hours in a car to just 80 minutes by train.
That’s only slightly longer than the hour’s flight it takes to get there, except you’ll have the added bonus of not having to deal with airport nightmares. Facilitated by a partnership between a private US venture and a China Railway Group-led consortium, construction on the so-called XpressWest is expected to begin in late 2016.
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