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Virgin's High Speed Rails

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Coming to the US with Acceleration Courtesy:  Brightline Travelling Sir Richard Branson's Rails High speed rail service is accelerating globally in China, Japan, and Europe.  It's now on track for the United States.  One of Sir Richard Branson's many travel/investment companies - Virgin Trains USA and Brightline - are leading the way. 2019 All Aboard Virgin Trains USA hopes to launch routes connecting Orlando to Tampa, Florida in 2019.  It will then turn to an ambitious project to link Los Angeles to Las Vegas by high speed rail.  That happens to be Virgin's most popular airplane route in the US. Partnership with Brightline Trains Virgin is partnering with Brightline Trains on this US rollout.  Virgin has taken a minority financial stake in Brightline.  Brightline will rebrand in January 2019 as Virgin Trains USA.  Brightline provides high speed passenger trains in the South Florida corridor between Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West ...