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I haven't followed this for a while, but this map still seems to connect SF to LA: https://hsr.ca.gov/high-speed-rail-in-california/project-sections-station-co

• adastra22 5y ago
  It was originally supposed to have a raised track to isolate the high-speed rail from jumpers and to avoid street crossings. That project was dropped. The segments in SF and LA will use commuter tracks (e.g. existing CalTrain) and run at a maximum of half the speed it obtains in the long Central Valley segments. Given the trouble that Caltrain has with clearing and keeping people and foreign objects off the tracks, I sincerely doubt that even that speed (110mi/h) could be achieved safely. This is a faster-than-CalTrain-but-that's-not-saying-much rail connection from SF to the Central Valley, a bullet train down to Bakersfield, and then a similarly slow trek into LA.
  • asdff 5y ago
    Metro link doesn't seem to have these issues and a lot of projects are in store to upgrade that right of way (like LINK union station to permit run through at union station instead of it being a stub). A lot of thought is being put into this. Using an existing right of way that can later be upgraded is sensible imo, especially when these terminii will have the highest land acquisition costs by far. The metrolink right of way from burbank into union station already has many key grade separations done. Its sensible to make use of it when its almost a direct shot as the crow flies.