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Originally Posted by Skip
Please get your facts straight. This is entirely funded by Brightline, not Amtrak, not the government. They are also building one between Las Vegas and Los Angeles. That'll be a money maker for sure.
Skip
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Not true. It took me 2 minutes to find this article:
The federal government Monday awarded $25 million to South Florida’s Brightline railway to improve safety along some of the most dangerous tracks in the country. The total price tag for the initiative will be $45 million after $10 million from the privately run rail line and another $10 million from the Florida Department of Transportation.
Also, Brightline and the NDOT in Nevada have applied for a $4 billion grant from the Federal Government for the western railway. I am sure there will be additional Federal funding coming later, and, if the company fails, the Government will bail them out. Amtrak should be a lesson to the Government. It has been a total funding disaster.