Ontario, CA
Stop on the proposed 17,000-mile maglev network. Next stop: Rancho Cucamonga, CA (4.4 mi).
About Ontario
Ontario is a city in southwestern San Bernardino County, California, United States, 35 miles (56 km) east of downtown Los Angeles and 23 miles (37 km) west of downtown San Bernardino, the county seat. Located in the western part of the Inland Empire metropolitan area, it lies just east of Los Angeles County and is part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 175,265.
Source: Wikipedia summary (full article). Population and facts as published there.
Cost breakdown (proposal-scale estimates — see math)
| Item | Basis | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal construction | Large-city terminal ($2–4B range) | $3.0B |
| Land acquisition | Regional factor 1.5× on $200M base | $300M |
| Track: Ontario → Rancho Cucamonga | 4.4 mi × $500M/mi | $2.2B |
| Annual operations (share) | 2% of $3.0B terminal | $60M/yr |
| Stop total (excl. annual ops) | $5.5B |
Best terminal location (proposed)
The Ontario International Airport multimodal district. Ontario International Airport is the IE's airport — 7 million passengers a year and growing fast, with vast parking and cargo lands. A terminal integrated with the airport creates a true air-rail interchange, the model that makes European HSR work. The catchment is the IE's 4.7 million people, the airport's travelers, and the surrounding logistics workforce.
Before / after
Aerial mock-up (illustrative, not an engineering rendering). Left: the proposed site today. Right: with the maglev terminal.
- Ontario Airport terminals — direct airport-connector platforms.
- Guasti — historic winery district on the corridor.