California’s high-speed rail project, one of the state’s most ambitious infrastructure initiatives, faces a pivotal moment as officials consider altering its route through Kern County, according to ...

An artist’s rendering depicts a high-speed rail train rolling through the southern San Joaquin Valley. Months after the feds began trying to defund it, California high-speed rail on Saturday obtained ...

The California High-Speed Rail Authority lured Merced as a partner in the country’s first bullet train project. It threw $500,000 at the city to spruce up its downtown in anticipation of a train ...

Plans to build California’s new high-speed railway in 2026 have been revealed to Newsweek. California High-Speed Rail Authority officials have shared updates on the project’s goals, milestones, ...

Proposals for changing the way California's high-speed rail project would pass through Shafter went nowhere Monday night after local residents and business people called the plan unnecessarily ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom and leaders in the California Legislature have reached a general agreement to provide long-term funding for the high-speed rail line from the “cap and invest” program. Before state ...

The California High-Speed Rail Authority has launched a process to attract private investment partners and developers by summer 2026, aiming to speed construction and broaden funding for "the nation’s ...

When California voters in 2008 approved $9.95 billion in bonds to create the start of the state’s High Speed Rail system, they were offered a list of promises — few of which have come to pass. One was ...

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