<Ul> <Li> view </Li> <Li> talk </Li> <Li> edit </Li> </Ul> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <P> California High - Speed Rail (abbreviated CAHSR) is a high - speed rail system under construction in the U.S. state of California . It will connect the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center in Anaheim and Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles with the Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco via the Central Valley, providing a one - seat ride for the trip in 2 hours and 40 minutes . Future plans seek to connect to stations to San Diego via the Inland Empire, and to Sacramento . CAHSR will operate on completely grade separated tracks for the entirety of its route with speeds of up to 220 miles per hour (350 km / h), with early ridership projections for the San Francisco to Los Angeles leg at 28.4 million . The project is owned and managed by the state of California through the California High - Speed Rail Authority (CAHSRA) agency . Once completed, the system will be operated by the American subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn . </P> <P> The CAHSRA was established by an act of the California State Legislature and tasked with presenting a high - speed rail plan to present to the voters . This plan, Proposition 1A, was presented to and approved by voters in 2008 and included a $9 billion dollar bond to begin construction on the initial leg of the network . Construction began in 2015 after a groundbreaking ceremony in Fresno Completion of the initial operating segment between San Jose Diridon Station and Bakersfield with a spur to Merced is expected in 2025 with the complete first phase between San Francisco and Anaheim expected in 2029 . Plans for Phase 2 extensions to Sacramento and San Diego are still in the planning stages . </P>

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