Californian high-speed trains one step closer to becoming a reality
Conceptual render of a train for the new California high-speed railway California High-speed Rail Authority
California’s high-speed rail authority has taken a significant step towards procuring its first high-speed trainsets, bringing high-speed rail to California nearer to reality, by approving a Request for Qualifications for the nation’s first 220 miles-per-hour (354 kilometres per hour) electrified trainsets. Also in California, Swiss manufacturer Stadler made an agreement with Caltrain for the the first battery train for the American market.
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Who will travel from nowhere to nowhere (Merced to Bakesfield)?
Bakersfield metro: 916k (#62 in the US, similar to Albuquerque or New Orleans)
Visalia metro: 477k (similar to Reno or Chattanooga)
Fresno metro: 1.2M (#48 in the US, similar to Buffalo, Tucson, SLC, or Richmond)
Merced metro: 290k (similar to South Bend, Green Bay, or Duluth)
And obviously this is the start of the system that then directly connects the #2, #13, #36, and #105 metros in the US in Phase 1, and adds the #12, #18, and #28 metros in Phase 2.
So those people, thats who.