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May 28, 2024
NEWS RELEASE: California High-Speed Rail Authority Applies for $450 Million From Federal Government to Advance Construction Toward Merced and Invest in Workforce
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) is applying for new federal funding to advance construction and expedite important safety improvements between Madera and Merced along the northern portion of rail line in the Central Valley.
Read MoreMay 24, 2024
NEWS RELEASE: California High-Speed Rail Clears Path for Major Environmental Clearance, Connecting San Francisco to Downtown Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) today released the final environmental document for the more than 30-mile segment between Palmdale and Burbank in Southern California. This is the last key environmental document needed to connect San Francisco to downtown Los Angeles. The document is on track to be presented to the Authority’s Board of Directors for consideration during a two-day board meeting June 26 and 27.
Read MoreMay 16, 2024
VIDEO RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Releases Spring 2024 Construction Update
FRESNO, Calif. –The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) has released its Spring 2024 Progress Report highlighting continued progress being made on California’s high-speed rail project, including work on the Central Valley system’s largest construction site, the Hanford Viaduct.
Read MoreMay 15, 2024
VIDEO RELEASE: Central Valley Stations Open House Gathers Community Input
FRESNO, Calif. – The High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) recently took the station design team on the road, meeting with hundreds of residents of future high-speed rail communities in the Central Valley as part of a series of open houses for the project.
Read MoreMay 3, 2024
NEWS RELEASE: Central Valley Public Learns and Weighs in on Station Designs at Open Houses
FRESNO, Calif. – The High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) took the station design team on the road this week. Authority staff met with hundreds of residents in our four station cities in the Central Valley as part of a series of open houses for the project. The public got to see new station renderings, meet the project team led by Foster + Partners and ARUP, and provide feedback for the stations.
Read MoreApril 22, 2024
NEWS RELEASE: Clean, Green High-Speed Rail Helping California Lead the Way this Earth Day
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – In the spirit of California’s leadership on climate and sustainability, the California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority), along with the Newsom administration and transportation partners, is recognizing Earth Day by highlighting continued progress in advancing the cleanest and greenest transportation system in the country.
Read MoreApril 11, 2024
NEWS RELEASE: Authority Board of Directors Takes Next Step to Buy Nation’s First 220 mph Trains
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority’s (Authority) Board of Directors is moving the project closer toward bringing electrified high-speed rail service to California by approving the release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) to industry for the nation’s first 220 mph electrified high-speed rail trains.
Read MoreMarch 28, 2024
PHOTO RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Authority Recognizes 12th Cohort Who Completed 12-Week Pre-Apprenticeship Program
FRESNO, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) today recognized 16 students who completed the 12-week, Central Valley Training Center pre-apprenticeship program. This cohort was honored at a graduation ceremony at the Selma Arts Center with families and dignitaries in attendance.
Read MoreMarch 19, 2024
NEWS RELEASE: Putting Jobs First: California High-Speed Rail Crosses 13,000 Construction Jobs Milestone
FRESNO, Calif.–The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) today celebrated the creation of more than 13,000 construction jobs helping build the nation’s first high-speed rail system, with more than 70 percent of those jobs going to residents of California’s Central Valley.
Read MoreMarch 1, 2024
NEWS RELEASE: Board Members, Public Take Tour of High-Speed Train Interior Concepts and Get Up Close Look at Station Models for First Time
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – All aboard, including the Board! The California High-Speed Rail Authority Board of Directors this week stepped off their usual dais and onto a figurative train platform, holding their meeting in the same room as the project’s preliminary trainset white mockups and early conceptual 3D station renderings —a special first-time opportunity for the public, no train tickets required.
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