by David Benton
I believe the routing is Bakersfield - tehapachi - Mojave - Palm springs - los Angeles . i was wondering what would be possible if the florida stimulus money went to Califionia . As far as using the hsr alignment to fill get a service up and running asap . as far as i can see , bridging this rail gap would provide the most benefit for the amount of money avaliable .
hopefully ,
- buying land to provide the row from Bakersfield to Mojave .
- laying a non electrified single track over this section to HSR standard .
- provide necessary improvements to exisitng rail Mojave - Los Angeles to allow passenger service .
the idea would be to allow existing san Jouqian services to be exetended to Los Angleles over the single track hsr alignment , whilst still allowing this section to be used as a test bed for hsr , and to be used as part of the hsr in the future .
hopefully ,
- buying land to provide the row from Bakersfield to Mojave .
- laying a non electrified single track over this section to HSR standard .
- provide necessary improvements to exisitng rail Mojave - Los Angeles to allow passenger service .
the idea would be to allow existing san Jouqian services to be exetended to Los Angleles over the single track hsr alignment , whilst still allowing this section to be used as a test bed for hsr , and to be used as part of the hsr in the future .
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