{"id":7373,"date":"2012-11-23T08:36:43","date_gmt":"2012-11-23T15:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/?p=7373"},"modified":"2012-11-23T08:36:43","modified_gmt":"2012-11-23T15:36:43","slug":"calif-vegas-party-train-could-hit-tracks-in-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/?p=7373","title":{"rendered":"Calif.-Vegas party train could hit tracks in 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"\"facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"google_plus\"<\/a>\"reddit\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>by <\/span>\"feather\"<\/a>
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Party train - Southern California and Las Vegas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

7 hr ago By Michelle Rindels<\/em>
\nA new ‘party train’ service between Southern California and Las Vegas is a step closer to reality after a deal was struck with the Union Pacific Railroad last week.<\/p>\n

LAS VEGAS \u2014 As if a weekend in Las Vegas isn’t wild enough for Southern Californians, a Nevada entrepreneur is about to add five more hours of party to either end.<\/p>\n

After striking an agreement with Union Pacific Railroad last week, the Las Vegas Railway Express is one step closer to bringing to life the X Train, a luxurious “party train” complete with big screen TVs, recliners and two ultra lounges.<\/p>\n

“The whole idea is when you get on a train, you feel like you’re in Las Vegas,” said Michael Barron, president and CEO of the $100 million venture that hopes to launch its maiden voyage on New Year’s Eve 2013. “It’s essentially a nightclub on wheels.”<\/p>\n

Tourists can’t get from Southern California to Las Vegas by rail alone, and Barron’s company isn’t the first to try and fix that. The much-talked-about XpressWest project proposes a high-speed train connecting Sin City to the region from which it draws 25 percent of its tourists.<\/p>\n

But it’s a multi-billion-dollar proposal that would require setting new tracks, and it’s often panned as a “train to nowhere” because the first phase would start in relatively obscure Victorville, about 100 miles outside of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

The X Train proposal calls for an Amtrak crew aboard a 576-passenger train that runs at standard speeds on traditional tracks.<\/p>\n

It would start in Fullerton, Calif. \u2014 already home to an Amtrak station and part of Southern California’s Metrolink commuter train network \u2014 and end in downtown Las Vegas read more…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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