2020 Cost Estimates for California High Speed Rail +$3Billion

2020 numbers for the Los Angeles to San Francisco High Speed Rail:

  • $80.3 billion Total Cost in 2020
  • $3 billion going to “bookend” projects in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay
  • $64 Billion cost estimate in 2016
  • 2031 estimated completion of Silicon Valley to Central Valley portion
  • 2033 estimated completion of Los Angeles to San Francisco
  • 2025 testing trains
  • 2028-29 putting tested trains into service

What are legislators trying to do to the project? Move funds to local commuter projects

Los Angeles Times | California Train Price ‘Bullets’ Up Another $1.3 Billion