Los Angeles San Tender

Project Location CaliforniaScope Construction for building a rail link from Los Angeles to San Francisco that will allow passengers to complete the journey in just 2 hours and 40 minutes. Work is currently underway in the Central Valley.Tunnels will be required in the north across the California Coast Range between Gilroy and Merced and in the south in the Tehachapi Mountains between Bakersfield and Palmdale and the San Gabriel Mountains between Palmdale and Burbank.The alignments currently under consideration involve between 45 to 50 miles of tunnels that range in length from several thousand feet to over 20 miles some of which are over 2000 ft underground. The target revenue service date for the Bakersfield to San Francisco segment is 2029 according to the Authoritys Draft 2018 Business Plan.As part of the effort to advance the Silicon Valley to Central Valley Line of the program the California High-Speed Rail Authority Authority along with its geotechnical consultants Kleinfelder Inc. and Fugro Consultants have conducted geotechnical explorations in the City of San Jose and Santa Clara County.WSP is serving as the Authoritys Rail Delivery Partner RDP.