PHOENIX -- Phoenix is now getting on the bullet train bandwagon.
It wants in on $50 million from Congress to study the feasibility of a high-speed passenger-rail network.
Regional governments from Phoenix, Las Vegas, Denver, Salt Lake City and Reno are lobbying Washington on the benefits of linking urban areas with bullet trains that can travel as fast as 225 miles-per-hour.
Currently, Las Vegas is the only Western city that appears on a U.S. Department of Transportation strategic map for high-speed rail, and only for a link with Los Angeles.
One drawback is the cost of building a high-speed rail line.
European financial analysts pegged the cost of a national high-speed rail network in the U.S. at $400 billion.
Although it's years away, transportation experts say a typical high-speed train, common in Europe and Asia and costing billions, would get passengers from downtown Phoenix to Los Angeles in just over two hours.
Would you ride the train instead of taking an airplane? How much would you pay to take a trip, and how quick would the train need to get you to your destination?
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