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Joe Lombardo

Joe Lombardo

Governor of Nevada

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Brightline West breaks ground on first true U.S. high-speed rail

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In office; backed groundbreaking despite party split with federal sponsors

Japan opened its first bullet train in 1964. Sixty years later, the U.S. still has no line meeting the international high-speed rail threshold. On April 22, 2024, Brightline West broke ground in Las Vegas on a 218-mile route for electric trains running up to 200 mph between the Strip and the Los Angeles suburbs.

Updated May 31