California is leading the nation toward a faster, cleaner, more sustainable transportation future. Electrified high-speed rail is vital to the State's progressive climate policies and is the backbone of the 2018 California State Rail Plan. Currently, 350 miles of electrified high-speed rail are under development with 119 miles of high-speed rail construction underway right now in the Central Valley. By 2022, 350 miles could be under construction with the full Phase 1 system environmentally cleared. The transformation to clean, fast, efficient high-speed rail is happening now.
In this Draft 2020 Business Plan, we propose developing a 171-mile high-speed line between Merced and Bakersfield with fast, easy connections to other passenger rail systems and to other state destinations.
