<P> The entire 60 - mile (97 km) segment from Merced to Fresno in the Central Valley will run on dedicated HSR tracks . This segment also includes the Chowchilla Wye . The southern portion of this segment (north of Madera to Fresno) has already received route approval and is undergoing construction . </P> <P> The Chowchilla Wye is located between Gilroy and the main HSR line running between Merced and Fresno in the Central Valley . The wye has two purposes . One is to be able to take trains coming from the Bay Area and turn them to go towards Sacramento, and vice versa . The other is to allow a train to reverse itself on the tracks (that is, to swap the ends). However, since one of the train specifications is that they be able to have cabs at each end and run in both directions, the need to reverse trains is greatly reduced . </P> <P> South of the Wye a new station has been proposed for Madera, and is included in the 2016 Business Plan . </P> <P> This segment includes stations at Fresno, Kings--Tulare, and Bakersfield, as well as crossings of the Kings River, Cross Creek, and the Kern River . </P>

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