Questions
- Why high-speed trains?
- What are the benefits of high-speed trains?
- Will high-speed trains promote clean air or reduce the emissions that cause global warming?
- How much does it cost and where will the investments come from?
- Who supports high-speed trains?
- Will high-speed trains reduce travel times?
- California's Economic Stimulus
- What is Proposition 1A?
- Why high-speed trains?
- Protecting our environment
- Relieving traffic congestion and improving mobility
- Safety
- Technology
- Ridership
- Other High-Speed Train Systems
- Financing
Answers
Will high-speed trains reduce travel times?
High-speed trains will provide door-to-door travel times comparable to airplanes and less than one-half as long as car travel. This is a sample of travel times throughout the state. For information regarding all routes available on the system, please see the "Routes" section of this website.
- Burbank to San Francisco: Under 2 hours 35 minutes
- San Jose to Los Angeles: Two hours 21 minutes
- Sacramento to Los Angeles: 2 hours and 17 minutes
- San Francisco to San Jose: 30 minutes
- Riverside to Los Angeles: 33 minutes
- Bakersfield to Los Angeles: less than 1 hour
- Ontario to San Diego: less than 1 hour
- Fresno to San Francisco Airport: just over an hour