Las Vegas Xpress, who run the X-Train service, has said the $4.8 billion Virgin project would not be competition. This will carry passengers from Victorville, California, to Las Vegas in a speedy 90 minutes. A ticket for X-Train will cost $500 as opposed to the $99 normal rail fee but includes food and drink.Ĭompetition on the line will also come from a new Virgin Trains high-speed link. A standard service operates five days a week and takes around five hours. Set to take people between Los Angeles and the gambling mecca of Las Vegas, the normal trip uses the Union Pacific Railroad line. The plan has been in the design phase for around 12 years now. The company has noted they have 17 carriages available for use but has said it can add more as needed depending on the success of the service. Presumably, the aim was to fit more facilities in the carriages. They then reduced the number of passengers while increasing the number of cars to 14. Originally, each train was set to hold 500 passengers in a 10-car train. Huge screens played sports games and news, along with casino tables in carriages and full hospitality sections with built-in bars. Early concept images for the train showed a hybrid of travel and the utmost luxury. Instead of being a mode of transport, it blends the casino resort experience with a rail journey. The X-Train is not your typical railway outing. Yet surprises are still in store, and visitors will go around the bend with the new X-Train project coming to the city. Be it luxurious hotels trying to outdo each other, high-class restaurants, or celebrity shows and extravaganzas, it often seems like Vegas may have reached the end of the line when it comes to pushing the boundaries. Las Vegas is never short of new ideas and innovations to get people to its casinos.

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