According to a news release, the Federal Railroad Administration is issuing a contract that will enable the final design, engineering and environmental approvals necessary for the first phase of the project.
"Last year, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and I discussed the need for this important project and I plan to work closely with him and make this high-speed maglev train between Southern California and Las Vegas a reality," Gibbons said in the news release.
The current proposal estimates the trip from Anaheim to Las Vegas would take about 81-minutes because the train will be able to travel at speeds of up to 310 miles per hour.
The trains on track for the project use powerful magnets to suspend the cars above a guideway, allowing the train to travel at rates of much higher speeds than conventional trains.
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