New High-Speed Bullet Train to be Built in New York State

Seimans Mobility will be constructing the trains that will run on what “is being called the nation’s first true high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area.” Starting in 2026, the Munich, Germany-based firm will begin building the American Pioneer 220 trains in the new 300,000-square-foot factory to be construction on a selected site in Horseheads, New York, near the Pennsylvania border. The project will create about 300 jobs in the upstate area. The new rail line is currently under construction by Brightline West adding “218 miles of new track along the interstate 15 corridor between Las Vegas and Rancho Cucamonga, California, where it will link to a commuter rail connection to downtown Los Angeles.” The $12 billion passenger bullet train service is expected to be finished in time for the Summer Olympics being hosted by Los Angeles in 2028, with funding coming from a $3 billion grant from federal infrastructure funds along with the approved sale of another $2.5 billion in tax-exempt bonds. The new trains aimed by officials to exceed speeds of 186 mph — comparable to Japan’s Shinkansen bullet trains and faster than the 150 mph Amtrak’s Acela trains that run between Boston and Washington, D.C., will reduce travel time from four hours by car to just over two hours.

Source:    https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/new-york-site-chosen-factory-build-high-speed-113521968