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Originally Posted by SFBruin
Personally, I think that they should begin by connecting one of the ends with a nearby city in the Central Valley, e.g. SF to Madera.
This would provide a novel service and work as a proof of concept for the entire system.
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Both ends require massive, expensive tunneling. I don't think they had enough money to do it.
I think they started in the CV for 2 reasons:
1. It's flat and they could build a lot of track miles for the least money;
2. They were hoping to tamp down the Republican opposition by giving their constituents the first service and a chance to see how nice it could be to be able to zip up and down the CV in minutes.