High Speed Rail Between LA And Las Vegas Gets $3bn Boost

The US has a relatively skeletal passenger train network, but a new high speed line between Las Vegas and Los Angeles is part of a plan to change that (Credit: AFP)

A proposed high-speed rail line linking Los Angeles with the US gambling and entertainment capital Las Vegas moved closer to reality Tuesday with the announcement of a $3 billion government grant.

The cash will come from President Joe Biden's signature infrastructure bill aimed at revamping the country's creaking rails, roads and bridges, and is part of a plan to double the number of people taking the train by 2040.