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标 题: 给洋人修高铁，今天上了LA Times, 来回票价$89!
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A high-speed rail from L.A. to Las Vegas? China says it's partnering with U.
S. to build
Julie Makinen and Dan Weikel contact the reporters
This article is related to: Asia, China, Xi Jinping
For decades private developers and entrepreneurs have periodically announced
bold plans to run high-speed trains between Las Vegas and Los Angeles..
None have gotten anywhere because they lacked money or suffered other
setbacks.
On Thursday, however, one long-discussed proposal appeared to gain some
intriguing support.
Officials for XpressWest, which has been unable to secure adequate private
investors in the United States or a $5.5-billion federal loan, announced
that it had formed a partnership with China Railway International USA, a
consortium led by China Railway, the national railroad of the People’s
Republic of China.
Details about the joint venture, the proposed project and its financing were
unavailable Thursday, except China Railway International stated that it
would provide initial capital of $100 million. Project officials say they
are confident construction could begin as early as September 2016.
XpressWest, a private company formerly called DesertXpress, has been talking
about its high-speed rail project since at least 2007. Plans have called
for a 185-mile route that would run adjacent to heavily-traveled Interstate
15 from Las Vegas to Victorville, 85 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles.
Chinese officials now describe the project as a 230-mile route with an
additional stop in Palmdale and eventual service throughout the Los Angeles
area using some of the same track that would be used by the publicly backed
California high-speed rail project.
Federal railroad records indicate that XpressWest has already secured
approvals and permits from a number of federal agencies for the 185-mile
route. Additional permits, approvals and environmental analysis would be
needed for the 230-mile proposal.
“As China's first high-speed railway project in the United States, the
project will be a landmark in overseas investment for the Chinese railway
sector and serve as a model of international cooperation,” Yang Zhongmin,
chairman of China Railway International, told the state-run Xinhua News
Agency.
Chinese officials disclosed the joint venture during a news conference in
Beijing. XpressWest representatives also issued a brief statement on their
website, but declined to comment until additional regulatory approvals are
obtained.
The announcements of cooperation come just days before Chinese President Xi
Jinping’s state visit to the United States.
XpressWest agreed this month to form a joint venture with China Railway
International to build and operate the railway, Shu Guozeng, deputy head of
the government's Office of the Central Leading Group for Financial and
Economic Affairs, said at the news conference, according to Xinhua.
China has built the most extensive high-speed railway network in the world
with about 10,000 miles of track. The nation’s train makers and railroad
builders are eager to expand overseas now that China’s network is somewhat
built-out and the country’s domestic economy is slowing.
“Little is known yet, but this is fascinating,” said Martin Wachs,
professor emeritus of urban planning at UCLA and former director of the UC
Transportation Center, a research institute. “If this is serious and a real
commitment that allows XpressWest to build something, that is important.”
Wachs said the motive for the Chinese might be to establish a toehold in the
nascent high-speed rail industry in the United States.
This article makes it sound so simple and easy. Californian's voted for a $9
billion bond, turned into a $68 billion bill for a non-stop "bullet train"
from L.A. to S.F. in 3 hours. That's now a $100 billion project re-directed
up the central valley with multiple stops,...
“Even if they lose money,” he added, “they could develop a market for
Chinese technology and services by demonstrating that they can implement a
project.”
According to the XpressWest website and its Chinese counterpart, the train
would transport passengers between Las Vegas and Victorville in 80 minutes,
with fares set at $89. Many L.A.-area riders, however, would still have to
drive or take buses to the station using busy I-15.
According to the project’s environmental analysis, the train would attract
enough passengers to reduce I-15 traffic by about 3 million annual trips.
Because of heavy weekend traffic on the highway, driving between Southern
California and Las Vegas can take at least four hours.
Project officials say the transportation shift would reduce air pollution
from automobiles, cut fuel consumption, improve highway safety and limit the
need to expand I-15.
Lisa Marie Alley, a spokeswoman for the California High-Speed Rail Authority
, said the agency has had ongoing discussions with XpressWest to explore
combining both systems and to ensure that XpressWest trains are designed to
operate on the authority’s track. Alley added that the high-speed rail
authority has not yet allowed XpressWest to use its right-of-way.
XpressWest materials state that although the project has adopted an “
assemble and manufacture in America” plan, the manufacturing base for high-
speed trains is “not yet mature.”
Therefore, venture backers indicated they intended to partner with foreign
suppliers for the estimated 42 train sets they anticipate needing, with
assembly being performed in southern Nevada.
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Times staff writer Ralph Vartabedian contributed to this report
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