BayRail general meeting

High Speed Rail

April 22, 2004

April 22, 2004 — BayRail Alliance, working with other groups in San Francisco, overcomes opposition from a greedy developer and some neighborhood interests and convinces the SF Board of Supervisors to approve environmental documents for the Transbay Terminal project, which includes extending Caltrain and future high-speed rail.

2002

2002 — BayRail sponsors high speed rail forum in San Jose, its most ambitious event to date, shortly following Gov. Davis signing into law SB 1856 HSR bond package for Nov. 2004 ballot.

California High Speed Rail

What is High-Speed Rail?


French TGV and German ICE trains
Source: Flickr
High-Speed Rail (HSR) refers to very fast trains that typically operate at speeds of 125 - 200 mph. Some examples are the TGV in France, ICE in Germany, Shinkansen in Japan, the AVE in Spain, and the KTX in South Korea.
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