Talk:Brightline West

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Role of Metrolink

The September 25, 2020 citation mentions Metrolink and heading all the way into Union station. Other articles say they are "at the table." Seems like they should be added to the article but I am unclear on their involvement. Cheers, Fettlemap (talk) 21:22, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Found a citation that clarified the relationship. Fettlemap (talk) 21:59, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

180 mph or 200 mph?

I know 180 mph is sourced on the page with the IRJ. But everything on the Brightline West website says 200 mph (https://www.brightlinewest.com/overview/project). Including all the reports of the project recently, and interviews with Wes Eden. I know regardless if Brightline chooses the Siemens Velaro Novo/Pioneer 220 or Avelia Liberty/TGV M. It'll be capable of 200 mph+. But what will the service and design speeds be of the line? (I assume the design speed will be around 10/15 mph more than the normal operating speed) ZlatanSweden10 (talk) 21:15, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

One of the recent sources mentions that the speed will be reduced due to some steep grades. I haven't look into it but I wonder if part of the discrepancy is due to an average figure. Cheers, 〜 Adflatuss • talk 23:42, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad you mentioned this, I'm unclear on the answer as well. I've added additional citations within that sentence to clarify what the source is for each clause of the sentence. I belive we could likely find the answer in the environmental review, but theres a lot in there lol Jcody21 (talk) 19:50, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

YouTube videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-sFdtAGS_U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7yxUYSAZ1Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc4Fhp00vDg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGGlPlQykkE || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYQfAzcubOI || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJXWyktA1x4 || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4fqWtCHrPE || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZmhszOcXyo || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UatTJ4nXQtc || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmxUkpgsfo4

July 10th 2024 Brightline West + High Desert Corridor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv2_LzhcG3Y — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.97.59.244 (talk) 09:58, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

September 9th 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Otj2IcrQk || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMGA_FS_VPw — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.97.59.244 (talk) 11:33, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

October 9th 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxMKi6s6aLs — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.97.61.64 (talk) 09:21, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New High Desert Corridor article

I just started a stub High Desert Corridor article and I'm interested if anyone here would like to take a crack at helping me flesh it out? I'm not good at writing articles, but I figured since it was a project tangentially related to Brightline West that editors here may be interested in helping me out with it. Thank you! OrdinaryScarlett (talk) 23:18, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cajon Pass route

The article seems to imply that the track will follow the I-15 median through the Cajon Pass. While I've never been on that stretch of highway, it seems to me that any highway mountain crossing would be too steep for most conventional rail, let alone high-speed rail. Is this true?

- AAEexecutive (talk) 20:14, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Which is to say, are we sure the median alignment is what they're doing?

- AAEexecutive (talk) 20:15, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The quotes I've seen in news sources have been to the effect of "96% in the highway median". I don't necessarily believe them, but that's what they're giving us to cite. I've heard no news of the routing as it specifically relates to the Cajon. Unless you can get something to cite, we sort of have to believe what's written. -MJ (talk) 22:36, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

According to their Environmental Assessment https://railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/brightline-west-cajon-pass-high-speed-rail-environmental-assessment on page 11, it's the highway median except the segment between Oak Hill Road to the north and where the highway lanes rejoin each other near the southbound runaway truck ramp to the south - like 5-ish miles. -MJ (talk) 23:16, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The drawings in the EIR appear to have it mostly next to the northbound lanes. I-15 has up to 6% sustained grades, so yes, I also find this whole thing questionable from an engineering perspective. Even a 4% grade is considered extremely steep and quite uncommon for mainline rail; it makes me wonder who they consulted to make these plans. However that’s what the official documents say, and Wikipedia isn’t a place for speculation on whether things will work or not. Only time will tell how this goes I guess. Shannon [ Talk ] 22:57, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia's information is verifiable, not true. -MJ (talk) 23:57, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]