One last note: Frankly, it would be much cheaper to build the route to Sacramento and then connect to SF on the existing Capital Corridor trains. Plus, eliminating the LA spur to Irvine and the either of the Bay spurs (the proposed line splits to serve both SF and OAK as shown on map) would save a lot of money that could go toward the SD route.
You would then have San Diego, LA and Sacramento all served with HSR and SF served with existing high-frequency trains.
And of course, the promised LA/Irvine and San Francisco lines could then be built in "Phase Two..."
But LA and SF would never go for that. Their faith in later extensions is equal to mine.
Last edited by william; Jan 31, 2007 at 4:01 AM.
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