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California High-Speed Rail in Crisis | Sacramento News
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California’s high-speed rail dream is in freefall, with the state missing two critical deadlines to secure trains — first by Dec 31, 2024, then by Dec 1, 2025 — triggering a $4 billion federal funding pull. Now, the project’s scope has shrunk to a Central Valley stretch between Merced and Bakersfield, with service delayed from 2033. The train contract remains “TBD,” while officials blame politics for the funding loss — even though internal investigations show California repeatedly missed its own deadlines. A recent “track-laying” announcement turned out to be a logistics depot, and no actual track has been laid. With testing and certification timelines tightening, the state offers no clear explanation — just a website that still says “TBD.”
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