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August 25, 2022 | High-speed

Environmental clearance for California high-speed line to San Francisco completed

672km of California’s 800km network now approved.

July 12, 2022 | Financial

California provides $US 378.9m for rail projects

Funding for light rail, metro and commuter rail to combat climate change.

February 23, 2022 | High-speed

$US 5bn cost increase for California’s high-speed line

Changes to the scope of the project and new mitigations are behind the new expected cost.

February 1, 2022 | Infrastructure

Final foundation laid on Caltrain electrification project

Testing with an electric locomotive to start by the spring.

May 19, 2021 | Commuter Rail

Three joint ventures shortlisted for Silicon Valley Phase II tunnelling contract

The contract is part of the project to extend Bart services in San Jose.

February 1, 2021 | Metros

Link21 project unveiled in northern California

Scheme aims to improve public transport connections to jobs and affordable housing.

January 5, 2021 | Fleet

Bart suspends delivery of new metro cars

SAN Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) has announced that it will temporarily halt delivery of its new Fleet of the Future (FOTF) metro cars from January 8 to allow the manufacturer, Bombardier, the time to address two reliability issues.

November 26, 2020 | Infrastructure

San Francisco Central Subway delayed until mid-2022

SAN Francisco’s 2.7km Central Subway light rail project, originally scheduled to be completed in 2018, now may not be ready until mid-2022.

September 16, 2020 | Metros

Bart’s Transbay Project gets $US 1.2bn boost

THE United States Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has issued a $US 1.2bn grant for Bay Area Rapid Transit’s (Bart) Transbay Corridor Core Capacity Programme between Oakland and central San Francisco, the largest grant ever awarded to Bart.

June 15, 2020 | News

Bart launches $US 2.3bn Silicon Valley Berryessa extension

THE San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) network has been extended to San José, with the opening of the $US 2.3bn 16km Phase 1 extension from Warm Springs/South Fermont to the Milpitas and Berryessa transit centres on June 12.

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