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Shreveport, LA

Stop on the proposed 17,000-mile maglev network. Next stop: Little Rock, AR (174.9 mi).

About Shreveport

Shreveport is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

Source: Wikipedia summary (full article). Population and facts as published there.

Cost breakdown (proposal-scale estimates — see math)

⚠️ All figures below are parametric estimates scaled from the proposal's own budget ($8.5T ÷ 17,000 mi ≈ $500M per mile), not engineering quotes. Methodology is shown so you can check the math.

Item	Basis	Estimate
Terminal construction	Mid-size city terminal (parametric range $1–2B)	$1.5B
Land acquisition	Regional factor 1.0× on $200M base	$200M
Track: Shreveport → Little Rock	174.9 mi × $500M/mi	$87.5B
Annual operations (share)	Staffing, power, maintenance	$30M/yr
Stop total (excl. annual ops)		$89.2B

Best terminal location (proposed)

The downtown riverfront / former Union Station district. Shreveport's riverfront holds the former Union Station footprint and the historic rail corridors that converge on downtown, with I-20 and I-49 access. The site anchors the city's casino-riverfront district and serves Barksdale AFB and the Haynesville energy workforce.

Before / after

Before and after aerial mock-up of the proposed maglev terminal at Shreveport, LA

Aerial mock-up (illustrative, not an engineering rendering). Left: the proposed site today. Right: with the maglev terminal.

🛤️ Infill stops toward Little Rock: the proposal envisions more stops than cities — smaller stations between majors. Plausible infills on this leg:

Minden, LA — Webster Parish seat on the I-20 corridor.
Arcadia, LA — Bienville Parish town.
The Haughton corridor — Bossier Parish growth area.

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