Winter 2026 California High-Speed Rail Progress Report
The video features updates on:
🏗️ Construction in the Central Valley
🚅 Railhead + Track & Systems
📃 Los Angeles to Anaheim Environmental Documents
Watch now: bit.ly/4bLMrj7
‼️ Californians deserve the quick, efficient, and reliable travel alternative that much of the world already enjoys.
🚄 With top speeds of 220mph, high-speed rail will get you from SF to LA in under 3 hours, permanently transforming transportation in CA.
#BuildHSR
We welcome this investigation & look forward to working with federal partners.
CA High-Speed Rail has been audited over 100x, every dollar is accounted for & progress is real - 50 structures built, 14,600 jobs created & 171 miles under construction.
🚄Full speed ahead! #CAHSR
Huge win for CA - we've received nearly $3.1 billion from @USDOT & @USDOTFRA! This funding is critical to advancing the nation’s first 220mph HSR system toward passenger service.
🏗️ 119 Miles of Construction
👷♂️ 12K+ Jobs Created
👪 800+ Small Biz Partners
💰 $16B in Econ. Output
Or … it took 3 years, has been done since 2018 and is one of more than 30+ sites being highlighted for #InfrastructureMonth. Facts matter. Here’s where you can find them: buildhsr.com/projects/
We’ve environmentally cleared 422 of the project’s 494 miles!
By this summer, the Palmdale to Burbank section’s environmental document will be considered by our Board.
If approved, we will have completely cleared the 463 miles from downtown SF to LA Union Station. #FactFriday
Ignore the noise. We’re busy building. 🚧
As we enter the track-laying phase, 171 miles are under active construction & we’ve already:
✅ COMPLETED 50 major structures
✅ COMPLETED 60 miles of guideway
✅ COMPLETED full enviro clearance from SF to LA
✅ CREATED 14,600 jobs
We welcome this investigation & look forward to working with federal partners.
CA High-Speed Rail has been audited over 100x, every dollar is accounted for & progress is real - 50 structures built, 14,600 jobs created & 171 miles under construction.
🚄Full speed ahead! #CAHSR
Over a decade and $16B of taxpayer dollars wasted with zero results on this rail project. If protestors want to shout at someone, they should direct their outrage at Governor Newsom and complicit Democrats who have enabled this fraud and waste for a train to nowhere. @USDOT will
This article lacks this important context – High-speed rail is the cheapest, most efficient, and environmentally cleanest way to expand California’s transportation infrastructure. Not to mention the jobs and economic benefit it’s already creating today.
More than 15 years after a high-speed rail linking SF and LA was pitched to voters for about $40 billion, state officials say it will cost as much as $35 billion just to connect Bakersfield and Merced, with $100 billion to complete the rest. abc7ne.ws/3Pp55kZ
Check out some of the brand new preliminary interior design renderings of California High-Speed Rail train amenities, including:
☕ Café Car
🍽️ Food Service
🚲 Bike Storage
👪 Family Area
What's your favorite? #BuildHSR
We’ve cleared 422 of the nearly 500 miles of environmental work for the California HSR project!
Later this year, we plan to bring the Palmdale to Burbank section forward for board approval. Once approved, we will have cleared from downtown SF to LA Union Station.
#FactFriday
🚨 Today, the Authority Board of Directors certified the Final EIR/EIS for the San Francisco to San José project section!
This action completes the environmental clearance in NorCal & extends environmental clearance to 420 miles of the 500-mile Phase 1 alignment from SF ↔️ LA!
We just released our shortlist of qualified potential suppliers for California High-Speed Rail’s electrified trains!
The shortlist includes two teams:
@AlstomUSA@SiemensUSA
We look forward to moving this process forward to get high-speed trains here in California.