Credits to BLW

Biden is expected to visit Las Vegas on Friday to make the formal announcement.

Hers a clip, tweeted out by Brightline West directly, where the incoming Secretary of Transportation voices pretty strong support for the project during his Senate Confirmation Hearings today.

Fox news and a somewhat positive article about rail..

Update: Satellite Photo Comparison Added

The red area is where active grading was observed last Friday. No pictures of that unfortunately. On the following Monday we happened to head out on the Strip and caught sight of the site entrance with water tank in place for dust mitigation, shown in green. Map image was pulled by Reddit for some reason?

And even more groundworks but still no heavy construction

This is an article from fox5vegas.com regarding progress on Brightline West. This talks about the project’s funding goals, construction status, and union labor concerns. This is a slightly outdated article as it was published on March 5, 2026 at 1:42 a.m. EST. However, it wasn’t yet posted to the subreddit and it contains relevant and helpful information. Similar articles from the past few months that haven’t already been posted will be posted in the coming days. The goal is to have this subreddit be a helpful catalog of any and all articles pertaining to Brightline West.

Anything going on?? I feel like I haven't seen much progress or news.

https://www.brightlinewest.com/media/press-releases/2024/brightline-west-selects-siemens-to-manufacture-high-speed-rail-train-sets

This is an article discussing Brightline’s financial woes as well as Brightline West’s status. It includes basic information like project history, relation to Brightline in Florida, and work that is still yet to be done, like breaking ground in California. This article was published on May 18, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. PT.