Once completed, the Merced-to-San Jose section will connect existing rail infrastructure in the former with Diridon Station in San Jose.
A U.S.-made Tier 4 Charger locomotive that will begin operating in June 2021 on the Capitol Corridor passenger rail service The state may soon break ground on the California high-speed rail system’s first Bay Area segment after the High-Speed Rail Authority Board of Directors certified the final environmental documents for the rail system’s Merced-to-San Jose section.
High-Speed Rail Authority officials have been working on the environmental clearance for the Merced-to-San Jose section since 2009. The 119-mile stretch from Madera to Wasco that is currently being constructed will then be extended to include Merced and Bakersfield. How the Merced-to-San Jose section will be funded is also to be determined, but High-Speed Rail Authority officials said the completed environmental clearance will ensure that construction can begin immediately once funding is secured.
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