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Thread: Another delay for X Train Service between Southern California and Las Vegas

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    The Las Vegas Railway Express (XTRN) has revealed yet another delay in the start of passenger train service between Las Vegas and Southern California.

    X Train management had been planning on a test run this coming December, with regular service between Vegas and Fullerton where there is an Amtrak Station to start on January 4, 2014.

    Well, in a press release issued on Friday to announce that the company was starting up a service for booking train travel as well as hotel reservations, one paragraph indicated another delay for the start of the X Train.

    Here is the paragraph:

    Our X Train service from LA to Vegas is still making progress with the major component being the development of a $10 million new station facility here in Las Vegas. That process will take about one more year to complete. We have begun the site planning and architectural and civil engineering and now have our preliminary plans into the City to review and approve. We are on government's timetable here and expect approval by August. Facility construction of this sort takes time and our project is no exception. This item is the pacing item on running our service between LA and Vegas.

    The XTRN company plans to renovate the old Amtrak Station that is behind the Plaze Hotel in downtown Vegas. But the renovation is perhaps months away from starting.

    There are other delays as well, including the procurement and renovation of passenger cars for the actual train service.

    XTRN shares closed on Friday at 8-cents a share, unchanged from the week before.

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    Today, the X Train company put out a press release about its new "travel company" but missing from it was any news about the actual X Train project... or any word about the latest delay in getting it going. As I write this, XTRN shares are unchanged at 8-cents. Here is the complete press release:

    Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc. (OTCQB: XTRN) X Train Announces Its Tour Travel Group... X Train Vacations

    LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwired - Jun 18, 2013) - Las Vegas-based Railway Express (OTCQB: XTRN) is pleased to announce the creation of X Train Vacations, our travel company which will be doing all the booking for the X Train.

    This opportunity for the company is an entirely new and exciting business model that incorporates the lessons learned in the development of the Vegas X Train and the combined expertise of our management team. X Train Vacations will be specializing in rail vacations throughout the US and Canada. While work continues on reestablishing passenger rail service between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, known as the "Vegas X Train," our seasoned professionals will provide scheduled train service casino packages and tour rail packages.

    Soon passengers will be able to begin booking passenger rail travel on a number of rail routes with us. We will be introducing Casino Fun Trains in 10 different corridors including Sacramento to Reno, Houston to New Orleans and Kansas City to St. Louis to name a few. The X Train Vacations new website will be finished and ready to start booking by the end of July. We are hiring travel personnel here in Vegas to handle the bookings and building a call center for central reservations. We want to thank our investors and supporters as we launch the new and exciting service business.

    About Las Vegas Railway Express
    Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc. is a publicly traded company (OTCQB: XTRN) that is in the rail travel and excursion business. The company provides travel packages throughout the United States and Canada and is currently in the process of designing and implementing an expedited, luxury train service from the Los Angeles basin to Las Vegas. In addition, the X Train will also offer the ability for its passengers to book hotel rooms, transportation transfers, entertainment & show tickets and other travel incidentals. For more information, please visit the Company website at http://www.vegasxtrain.com.

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