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Interestingly enough, Brightline was asked in a presentation to the Central Florida Expressway Authority about competition with Sunrail over that corridor from the airport to Disney World. Brightline's response was that they do not see Sunrail as competition and that they have no plans to market the...

There have been a few additional interesting updates in a couple articles as it looks like Wes Edens is doing a media blitz regarding the start of the bond sales for this segment. Per a Forbes article , Edens mentioned that 'the real goal is to have a single seat from Union Station to Las Vegas.' Th...

I'm interested in the idea to get through the Cajon Pass since it seemed to be infeasible when Desert Xpress / Xpress West was crafting their original designs. That being said, I think access to the Inland Empire is an over-looked idea. Back in the Desert Xpress days, some of the original team state...

The Virgin Trains USA CEO Patrick Goddard was on a Modern Customer Podcast . There wasn't much new news in the piece, but one interesting note is that they expect the Las Vegas to Victorville line to run trains between 150 to 180 mph. That seems to make sense given the 75 minute travel time over the...

I'm not an expert on bonds but I think this fixed income news update from Fidelity clears up some of the discrepancies everyone has pointed out. At a high level, it appears that Virgin Trains did not need to issue this last bond issuance ($950MM) but did so in order to comply with federal requiremen...

Interesting find! I dug into this a bit and was able to find Governor McMaster's speech on Youtube . There doesn't appear to be any mention of extending rail to Columbia. The passenger rail discussion was, as you mentioned, a possible light rail extension from south Charlotte to Rock Hill as part of...