beautifulplanet
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This poll is about a passenger rail project in California, which has already finished planning and environmental review states for some segments of its proposed route, and already has received some billions of its necessary funding. Still no tracks have been laid yet, some lawsuits still have to be dealt with, and the remainder of the funding still has to be allocated.
The goal of the project is to connect major regions of the state with a new 220mph high-speed rail running on a new, dedicated right-of-way for most of the route. Southern California's Los Angeles Union Station and the Bay Area's San Francisco should be connected via the Central Valley within 2h and 40mins by the fastest nonstop service, while there is also planned to be limited-stop service only calling a major stops along the way like San Jose, Fresno and Bakersfield, and service calling at all stops, also at Gilroy or a station near Hanford in Kings County, offering very short trip times and fast connections for communities like these as well. While also including improvements to local and regional rail as part of its funding, the completed Phase 1 scheduled for 2029 would see all segments completed to offer new high-speed rail service on new high-speed track between Los Angeles and San Jose (respectively Merced), while using upgraded existing tracks for offering a one-seat rides also using the San Jose-San Francisco and Los Angeles-Anaheim segments.
More information about the project can be found on the website of the California High-Speed Rail Authority:
http://www.hsr.ca.gov
The goal of the project is to connect major regions of the state with a new 220mph high-speed rail running on a new, dedicated right-of-way for most of the route. Southern California's Los Angeles Union Station and the Bay Area's San Francisco should be connected via the Central Valley within 2h and 40mins by the fastest nonstop service, while there is also planned to be limited-stop service only calling a major stops along the way like San Jose, Fresno and Bakersfield, and service calling at all stops, also at Gilroy or a station near Hanford in Kings County, offering very short trip times and fast connections for communities like these as well. While also including improvements to local and regional rail as part of its funding, the completed Phase 1 scheduled for 2029 would see all segments completed to offer new high-speed rail service on new high-speed track between Los Angeles and San Jose (respectively Merced), while using upgraded existing tracks for offering a one-seat rides also using the San Jose-San Francisco and Los Angeles-Anaheim segments.
More information about the project can be found on the website of the California High-Speed Rail Authority:
http://www.hsr.ca.gov