California High-Speed Rail News

Ever since he took office three years ago, Gov. Jerry Brown has been trying to build two landmark public works projects to reshape California: a $68 billion high-speed rail system and a $25 billion overhaul of the state's water system, including two massive tunnels under the Delta.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The chairman of California's high-speed rail agency says the ambitious project to build America's first bullet train will probably need an infusion of state bond funds by the coming spring to stay on track.

Last week, the media reported , once again , that the California High Speed Rail project is in its death throes.

It seems a 37-minute train ride to New York City isn't in the cards for us, after all.

Two pieces of property in Fresno are being targeted as the first parcels to be condemned for California's high-speed train system.

Last Sunday Morning, the 5:45am from Poughkeepsie was running through the Bronx with 100-150 passengers aboard, when it sped through a 30mph speed limit curve at 82mph , derailed, over-turning four cars and killing four people.

California high-speed rail officials sought to allay concerns about the future of the project after a series of legal and regulatory rulings that appear to jeopardize some parts of the $68 billion plan.

The railroad recently issued draft specifications for new trains to replace its existing Acelas that call for 160 m.p.h. trains, not the 220 m.p.h. versions Amtrak said in January that it was seeking.

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After suffering a major setback from a court decision that prevents the authority from selling $10 billion in voter-approved bonds, a key federal agency has ruled that the authority must comply with environmental regulations before laying tracks.

In a mixed ruling on Monday, Kenny did not question going forward with the project.

Jeff Morales, center, chief executive officer of the California High Speed Rail Authority, talks with board members Tom Umberg and Lynn Schenk before the rail board meeting in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.-Critics and many political observers might see California's bullet-train project as nearly dead, but state officials made clear Thursday that the train is still heading down the rails at full speed.

The board that oversees California's embattled high-speed rail project is responding to recent legal and administrative setbacks and says it will file a new motion seeking blanket authority to sell $8.6 billion in state bonds.

The board that oversees California's embattled $68 billion high-speed rail project was meeting Thursday to discuss how to respond to a series of legal setbacks involving funding and environmental reviews.

The board that oversees California's embattled $68 billion high-speed rail project is meeting to discuss how to respond to a series of legal setbacks to the project.

California's proposed high-speed train was left in the lurch last week when a Sacramento Superior Court judge ordered the rail authority to rescind its original funding plan .

In an auditorium inside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on a mid-April day in 2009, President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood unveiled an ambitious plan to revamp America's rail infrastructure.

CSR Corp. and China CNR Corp., the nation's two biggest trainmakers, won bids for 258 bullet trains worth as much as 44.3 billion yuan as China's high-speed rail network opens new lines.

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