L.A.-Las Vegas Train Terminal in Valley Urged
Los Angeles city airport officials are urging that the Southern California terminal for a proposed high-speed train to Las Vegas be located in the San Fernando Valley--enabling the train to do double duty carrying passengers to the huge airport planned for construction someday in the Mojave Desert.
The California and Nevada legislatures have ordered formation of a bistate commission to study the proposed rail link, which is being promoted by Nevada interests.
Ontario was originally discussed as the Southern California terminus, but local opposition has placed that in doubt. Anaheim also has been suggested, with the 200-m.p.h. train providing a link between Las Vegas and Disneyland for tourists and conventioneers.
But Los Angeles Department of Airport officials said they are pushing for the terminal to be located in the northern San Fernando Valley, suggesting the area where the Golden State and San Diego freeways comes together in the Mission Hills-Sylmar area.
Like the proposed super-airport at Palmdale, which has been discussed for 20 years, the rail line is still in the talking stage.
In return for California’s permission to build the rail link, airport officials argued, the builders should be required to route it north with a stop in Palmdale, where the city Airport Department hopes to handle air-traffic growth in the future.
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