It’s happening...Bakersfield to Merced is opening in a few years

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Apr 20, 2021
10:32:08am

Jay Kay Truly Addicted User

It’s happening...Bakersfield to Merced is opening in a few years

All aboard!

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Originally posted on Apr 20, 2021 at 10:32:08am

Message modified by Jay Kay on Apr 20, 2021 at 10:32:22am

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Jay Kay

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Question for Vegas friends - is this really going to happen now? Seems like

BigD Coug

4/20/21 10:01am

So you take the train from Las Vegas to Victorville

Sea Chicken

4/20/21 10:04am

You're mostly sober by then so you can drive back to Pasadena.

boogers

4/20/21 10:21am

very, very slowly

Sea Chicken

4/20/21 10:22am

It's such a waste of money. It won't even go far enough into LA to make it worth while.

Adrielle

4/20/21 10:06am

Can you imagine what those rides back from Vegas would be like?

zonacougar

4/20/21 10:08am

With Raiders fan after a loss.

germ1

4/20/21 10:35am

They really just need to double the size of the freeway but that would be to

johnnybyu

4/20/21 10:09am

This is designed to get Californians to Las Vegas, not Las Vegans to California.

WeberCougars

4/20/21 10:09am

You left out the part where you get back to the parking lot in Victorville and

Gustav

4/20/21 10:12am

Haha. I'm sure it will be a secure lot.

WeberCougars

4/20/21 10:13am

LA to Vegas makes a ton of sense

Gustav

4/20/21 10:10am

No it does not. Not even you can fly there in under an hour.

Adrielle

4/20/21 10:33am

Have you seen the traffic jams of Californians returning from a weekend in Vegas

WeberCougars

4/20/21 2:51pm

In our lifetime? Probably not. Infrastructure projects in the US are so slow and

4/20/21 10:10am

I’d bet against it. Rail projects are usually just a hunt for government money.

stenso

4/20/21 10:13am

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Doogal McCougar

4/20/21 10:18am

Didn’t they try this from LA to San Fransisco? And it failed miserably.

Jstak17

4/20/21 10:19am

They spent more than the project estimate and still don’t have a complete rail.

stenso

4/20/21 10:21am

Maybe the Japanese can come show us how it’s done.

Jstak17

4/20/21 10:22am

It’s happening...Bakersfield to Merced is opening in a few years

Jay Kay

4/20/21 10:32am

Ah, Bakersfield to Merced... the American Riviera!

stenso

4/20/21 10:36am

RE: It’s happening...Bakersfield to Merced is opening in a few years

Jstak17

4/20/21 10:39am

It's been brought up every year since I've been alive (at least)

reagan21

4/20/21 10:27am

Yes because the feds are supporting it for the first time from what I hear. But it will take forever to build and be

vegasnative

4/20/21 10:48am

No, it's a giant boondoggle that will waste a ton of money

therock

4/20/21 11:10am

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