Brightline West announces groundbreaking ceremony at Las Vegas site

The Las Vegas groundbreaking ceremony of Brightline West is happening Monday morning, April 22.

FOX5 confirmed with a Brightline representative that Secretary Pete Buttigieg will make remarks celebrating the groundbreaking. Brightline founder and chairman Wes Edens and federal, state, and local officials from California and Nevada also plan to be at the event.The ceremony will be held at the future Brightline West station site for the high-speed rail connecting Southern California and Nevada. The station is set to be located near Warm Springs and Las Vegas Boulevard.

Officials say there will be a stop in Victorville with a final stop in Rancho Cucamonga.

Its estimated completion date is the summer of 2028.