Victor Valley is the southern portion of the phase 1 Brightline West rail line running to Las Vegas Boulevard in the Las Vegas Valley and future extensions continuing south to Palmdale, Rancho Cucamonga, and Los Angeles.[2]

Victor Valley
Brightline West station
General information
Location	Apple Valley, California
Coordinates	34°38′15″N 117°13′07″W
Owned by	DesertXpress Enterprises, LLC[1][2]
Operated by	Brightline
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Train station, Retail, Parking
History
Opening	2024
Future Service
Preceding station Brightline Following station Rancho Cucamonga toward Los Angeles Brightline West Cajon Pass Route Las Vegas Terminus Palmdale toward Los Angeles Brightline West High Desert Corridor

The station will be at the north end of the town of Apple Valley near Interstate 15 and Dale Evans Parkway.[3] Construction permits were acquired in March 2020 by Brightline, construction was expected to begin in the second half of 2021, and the station is expected to open in the second half of 2024.[3][4] The area will include a maintenance facility for all Brightline west equipment, with a train staging facility, as well as the Brightline West station. Victor Valley is the planned terminus of the initial phase 1 route with planned extensions to Rancho Cucamonga[1] and a proposed extension to Los Angeles Union Station.[5] The site also sits near existing freight rail tracks with existing Amtrak Southwest Chief services to Chicago and Los Angeles and future connections are possible with the location of both sites.[6]

History

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Then developer DesertXpress signed a document with Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials in June^[when?] to explore the plan to build a 50-mile (80 km) high-speed rail link between Victor Valley and Palmdale. The link would initially connect to the Metrolink system in Palmdale. This would allow passengers to complete a train ride between Los Angeles and Las Vegas with one transfer by using Metrolink in the Los Angeles area and a transfer to the high-speed train at Palmdale station with Victor Valley serving as a through station for the line. The original plan was that the train would travel at speeds of up to 150 miles per hour (240 km/h) averaging 130 miles per hour (210 km/h) and making the 186-mile (299 km) trip from Victor Valley to Las Vegas Valley in about 1 hour 24 minutes.[7][8] That was subject to funding that never was allocated for the project. In 2018, Brightline West bought the projects plans and made a newer plan with 200-mile-per-hour (320 km/h) trains making the journey from Victor Valley much faster and slightly changing the station design.[9]

References

External links

Brightline West, Town of Apple Valley: Economic Development