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California High-Speed Rail Almost Begins Laying Track2025 Jan 7
I voted for the California High Speed Rail back in 2008, as a joke. Now, seventeen years and five billion dollars later, they are laying the first rail tie ... except not really. And people say bureaucracy is slow and inefficient.
[Governor] Newsom said that officials were "finally at the point where we can start laying track over the next couple of years," after work clearing the way between San Fransisco and Los Angeles was completed. ... Services are expected to start between 2030 and 2033.
Of course, this is a touch hyperbolic. Getting the rail corridor is the difficult, slow, costly part of the project. Actually laying the rail comes last. Quoth this reddit:
To start: when you're building a train line, putting down the tracks is one of the last things you do. Just like how you can't lay down tracks for a subway until all the tunnels are dug, you also can't lay down tracks for a bullet train until you've built out all the bridges, viaducts, etc. Once that's done, actually laying the tracks is fairly simple by comparison.
I voted for the California High Speed Rail back in 2008, as a joke. Now, seventeen years and five billion dollars later, they are laying the first rail tie ... except not really. And people say bureaucracy is slow and inefficient. Of course, this is a touch hyperbolic. Getting the rail corridor is the difficult, slow, costly part of the project. Actually laying the rail comes last. Quoth this reddit: