California High-Speed Rail Slashes $1.7B From 2026 Budget The CHSRA plans to complete the Central Valley segment of the line and begin revenue service as soon as possible.

#California High-Speed #Rail 2026 plan cuts $1.7B from Phase 1 budget. Focus shifts to finishing 171-mile Merced–Bakersfield Central Valley segment, starting service there first, and boosting revenue via expansion & private development along route.

#CAHSR #Train

www.planetizen.com/news/2026/03...

I PRIDE myself in my encyclopedic knowledge of @theonion.com articles but somehow today is the first time I saw this from the way-back machine. 🤣
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNix...
#TransportSky #CAHSR #HighSpeedRail

Electrified rail transport goes hand in hand with the idea of the average person switching to smaller vehicles for daily commuting and local work vehicles. Southern California deserves both! #keitrucks #keitrucksNA #electricrail #CAHSR #metrolink

#hypocrisy #fuckthegop #traitors #fucktrump #eattherich #cahsr

#realDonaldTrump come on man, it’s like a toddler crying out for another halloween candy, you know it’s bad for them but tantrum this loud, just give it to them

#DOGE is doing a good job, but come on

#USAID #NPR #CAHSR #TransportationFund just give them some kind of funding

Does anyone know if SB 125 in California will speed up construction of #CAHSR or is it limited to local transit?

California's long-delayed bullet train slated to run in the Central Valley by 2032, report says California's long-delayed high-speed rail project is slated to be operating in the Central Valley by 2032, according to a report released Friday by the High Speed Rail Authority.

California’s long-delayed bullet train slated to run in the Central Valley by 2032, report says | @apnews.com – apnews.com/article/cali... #CAHSR #HSR #trains #CA

Metrolink bad? Well there's time to turn it into a Amtrak corridor system. #CAHSR I'll say it, 2032 Central Valley service is like fine and realistic. Like carbrane people never took note on how long road projects take too.

California high-speed rail boss courts private investors with proposals for AI, energy revenue The rail authority CEO is looking to ways to milk the bullet train for revenue as he tries to lure private capital.

To lure private investment to #cahsr, there's been talk of "commercializing" the railway. But what does that mean?

The new CEO is courting private investors with ideas like selling off excess solar power the rail generates + leasing the right of way. More:
www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/10/c...

Original post on sfba.social

@bahnoev Germany's DB is introducing low-floor high-speed trains.
This is relevant for us here in CA since #CAHSR's plans to integrate high-floor HSR trains with local service like CalTrain and Metrolink is a bit of a mess.
(I am frankly hopeful that those extra high-level doors on CalTrain's […]

youtu.be/M649gqtzLx0?...

It's late but better than nothing. At least, some of us can afford the new high-speed train while waiting for #cahsr in a few years from now 🚄🛤️

See those big, sweeping curves across the Central Valley? With radii large enough for truly high-speed ground transportation? I'll give you zero guesses what that is #cahsr

Support for California High-Speed Rail is surging. So is California’s economic capacity to finish the project. - CleanTechnica WASHINGTON, D.C. — A recent poll from Politico California and UC Berkeley’s Citrin Center for Public Opinion Research shows 67% of registered California voters, including 82% of Democrats, support the...

cleantechnica.com/2025/07/18/s...

So just shut the fuck up, MAGAt! Californians will keep it going.

#CaHSR

This didn’t exist 1/1/25. Seems like work is getting done.

Like just give us what we voted for already & stop arguing about if a train is needed. It’s needed!

Sure there’s lots of waste, fix that then. If the fed. government can do better, fine. Either way just give us our damn train.
#cahsr

(2/5) That money over 20 years is enough to fund a starter transit project for every medium+ sized city in the country, finish #CAHSR, overhaul the #Northeast Corridor, expand #HSR across major population centers like the #PNW, CO, TX, FL, and the Great Lakes.

https://youtu.be/Uor-oJOfOcQ

construction on #cahsr is in fact happening

I have a new #CAHSR Central Valley update video incoming. It will cover the entire 171 miles with 4K drone, 4K dashcam, construction progress, and project updates. This is my best video yet and it should be available around 3PM PST today. #highspeedrail

Trump’s Funding Threats Build a Case for Private High-Speed Rail While California High-Speed Rail’s federal funding is in doubt, privately led Brightline West has been chugging along.

A question that really does need to be asked; should @governor.ca.gov arrange of the entire #CAHSR project to be sold? Perhaps to JV between Brightline and JR Group? I can see the Japanese government being very interested in investing in the project and the state.

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Reports of the Death of California High-Speed Rail Have Been Greatly Exaggerated—Asterisk Building a high-speed rail between Los Angeles and San Francisco was never going to be easy — but the critics who write it off are missing the real source of the project’s struggles.

the death of the California high-speed rail (HSR) has been greatly exaggerated

(and most of the critics are making glib or agenda-driven arguments)

#CAHSR

Margaret Cederoth at today's #CAHSR Board meeting "the station size was oversized for what we needed for the first SEVERAL DECADES" in reference to Central Valley stations they will "right-size" until expanding beyond the Central Valley.

When you have two messages you want to share, just make a double sided sign! Happy #internationalwomensday from the Los Angeles Women’s Day March! #baddoge #cahsr

New name for California #HighSpeedRail : Baja.

#Alto #cahsr

Secretary of Transit making an announcement about #CAHSR tomorrow in LA… we’re cooked 😭

California should just find a way to keep their surplus money. They contributed $83billion more than they took in last year. Thats enough to completely fund #cahsr in one year, and every year after that completely overhaul the transit of 2-3 major cities every year. After that?

Storage building to make way for Union Station run-through tracks After a brief delay, Metro is slated to take a small, but key step toward the long-proposed expansion and renovation of Los Angeles Union Station.

If they build it, everyone will want to ride it #CAHSR #HSR #HighSpeedRail #PublicTransport #SitBackRelax #LetMeTakeYouOnATrip #DownToSoCalAndBack #AndYouWontHaveToMove #YouJustSitStill #Electric #CleanEnergy #Renewable la.urbanize.city/post/storage...

Storage building to make way for Union Station run-through tracks After a brief delay, Metro is slated to take a small, but key step toward the long-proposed expansion and renovation of Los Angeles Union Station.

"After a brief delay, Metro is slated to take a small, but key step toward the long-proposed expansion and renovation of Los Angeles Union Station" #CAHSR #HSR #HighSpeedRail #Transportation #climatechange #Airpollution #CleanAir #PublicTransport la.urbanize.city/post/storage...

New Video Shows Future CA High-Speed Rail Connection to Southern California - Streetsblog California Four-minute CA High-Speed Rail Authority video explains Palmdale to Burbank alignment, plus connection from Burbank into downtown L.A. Union Station

Praying to the tunnelling gods on this one: #cahsr
cal.streetsblog.org/2024/12/16/n...

New Video Shows Future CA High-Speed Rail Connection to Southern California - Streetsblog California Four-minute CA High-Speed Rail Authority video explains Palmdale to Burbank alignment, plus connection from Burbank into downtown L.A. Union Station

Hope "Amtrak Joe" gets to ride the High Speed Rail from LA to SF at some point......?? Would be quite the joy ride #CAHSR cal.streetsblog.org/2024/12/16/n...