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Comment by umeshunni | Hacker News Reader

They're also building the same thing between Las Vegas and SoCal: https://www.brightlinewest.com/

(un)surprisingly, this will be operational well before the California HSR (SF->LA) boondoggle.

  (un)surprisingly, this will be operational well before the California
  HSR (SF->LA) boondoggle.

Yeah, maybe. Even if Brightline succeeds in building something it's going to fall short of connecting LA to Vegas.

I think they're burning capital faster than they're recouping anything. I think they have $5B on debt on $500m in revenue.

I think if they can hold out they could be successful, but thats a big if.