California high speed rail project news
Latest news about the San Francisco – Los Angeles high speed line project.
California High-Speed Rail Authority begins procurement of 355 km/h trains
USA: California High-Speed Rail Authority has begun the process of procuring six electric trainsets capable of operating at 355 km/h.
High speed rail training programme
USA: The seventh intake has completed the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s free 12-week pre-apprenticeship programme, which provides hands-on construction industry training for military leavers, at-risk young adults, minority and low-income populations in the Central Valley.
USA: Electrification comes to Bay Area commuters
Caltrain is updating and electrifying one of the oldest commuter rail operations in the USA, which will bring a range of environmental and social benefits, as Executive Director Michelle Bouchard and Programme Manager Pranaya Shrestha explain to Dave Lustig.
California high speed rail station design contract awarded
USA: The California High-Speed Rail Authority has awarded Foster+Partners and Arup a $35m contract to provide design services for Merced, Fresno, Kings/Tulare and Bakersfield stations on the initial 275 route-km segment of the line.
Viewpoint: California’s high speed programme is back on track
After years of twists and turns, the most ambitious and controversial high speed rail project in America is moving purposefully towards fruition. Andy Kunz, President & CEO of the US High Speed Rail Association, and Ezra Silk, Co-Founder of the US High Speed Rail Coalition, explain how the programme has reached this point.
California high speed starter section set for completion as state funding finalised
USA: The state of California appears finally to be on course to complete the Initial Operating Section of its high speed rail network between Bakersfield and Merced after the programme was allocated $4·2bn in the annual state budget on June 30.
FRA compares global high speed rail noise mitigation standards
California reverts to double-track high speed line through Central Valley
Legal settlement restores almost $1bn in California high speed rail funding
Single-track corridor to launch Californian high speed service by 2030
Environmental approval marks milestone in California’s truncated high speed programme
California High-Speed Rail Authority issues Track & Systems RFQ
California High-Speed Rail Authority publishes northern route preferences
Federal funding for California high speed rail pulled
FRA pulls funds from California high speed project
California high speed rail plan scaled back
‘Serious challenges’ facing California high speed programme
California high speed rail plan revised
DB consortium selected for California high speed rail consultancy contract
Operators from five countries interested in California high speed rail contract
California targets high speed service to Silicon Valley by 2025
California Rail Builders consortium to build next section of high speed line
California high speed rail delivery partner appointed
Groundbreaking launches California high speed line construction