California High-Speed Rail Project: All You Should Know

- Book train, bus & flight tickets through the Omio: https://omio.sjv.io/VyNY4k and support our channel. Thanks. - Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/railways_explained ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ► Railways Explained aims to establish a WORLDWIDE COMMUNITY of all RAIL LOVERS, WORKERS AND EXPERTS, by creating regular, entertaining and educational railway content of high quality. ► If you find yourself in at least one of these three groups, support this idea by SUBSCRIBING TO RAILWAYS EXPLAINED. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - In this video, Railways Explained team discusses construction of a famous High-Speed Railway Line in California. On a ballot measure, in what was called the Proposition 1A, with the support of 53%, the citizens of California approved issuing of 9,95 billion USD for what in the future should become America's first high-speed rail line. Construction of Californian high-speed rail is actually divided into 2 phases. Phase 1, which refers to the 520 miles (837 km) section San Francisco - Merced - Los Angeles – Anaheim, and the Phase 2, which refers to the future line extensions from Merced to Sacramento and from Los Angeles to San Diego, with the total length of 280 miles (450 km). The whole project actually covers 800 miles (1287 km), including up to 24 stations, and design speeds of up to 220 mph (354 kmh). The reason why this project is so special, is the controversy that follows it all the time. The decision to begin construction in the Central Valley (section from Merced to Bakersfield), the selected route, skyrocketing of the project costs, lack of funding, questionable profitability, poor management, environmental protection, endless lawsuits. The list is simly too long. In any case, we think we managed to summarize all its important aspects in one video: history preceding the decision to begin contruction, the scope of the project, suitability of California for HSR, all the details around costs and funding, present status of works, profitability and our opinion on the future of the project. Link for more details: https://www.buildhsr.com/construction_packages/ Enjoy! - If you enjoyed this video, SHARE it with your rail-loving friends to help us raise our community, and of course leave your opinion in the COMMENT section and hit the LIKE button. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ► Stay connected with us on social media: - Facebook: https://facebook.com/RailwaysExplained/ - Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/railways_ex... igshid=k0tv5loew79e&fbclid=IwAR0Ix2jPPbcUwhArt_iym9vzKgvrUQaLLH_4JkhILyzyY_upCyxTf5qxcwA - Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/railways-... #California #HighSpeedRail #Trains