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View Poll Results: Which location do you prefer as the terminus of the future Maglev Line?
Los Angeles Union Station 46 90.20%
Anaheim 5 9.80%
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Old February 18th, 2009, 04:39 AM   #41
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at least our country is finally catching up with the rest of the world in inovative mass transit
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Old February 23rd, 2009, 08:43 PM   #42
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Does that mean it really will be a Maglev? What a huge waste of money, should just stick with the Desert Xpress but extend to Anaheim. Then the rest of the funds can go to the well needed CHSR.
This is a more responsible plan indeed. The money to upgrade with PTC safety measures required for 110 mph operation would amount to only a fraction of the cost of maglev.
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Old February 24th, 2009, 11:31 PM   #43
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It should end at Union Station, because on this way you would be inter-connecting Metrolink, Amtrak, and MTA systems all under the same roof.
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