High-speed rail could skip San Francisco-to-San Jose route
SILICON VALLEY -- The California High Speed Rail Authority is thinking about potentially abandoning the San Francisco-to-San Jose section of its proposed high speed rail line -- saying running 200-mile-per-hour bullet trains through the Peninsula might be politically impossible.
The authority is instead floating a new idea, which would have the train line begin in San Jose, instead of San Francisco.
The authority is still trying to figure out how to run high-speed trains down the Peninsula.
They're looking at either elevated tracks, underground tracks or so-called "stacked trains" -- where the high-speed rail line would run either above or below the local Caltrain line.
The authority says starting the line in San Jose would be easier legally and financially.
They stress that the idea is still in its infancy, and has not yet been fully examined.
http://kliv.com/High-speed-rail-coul...San-Jo/6349554
Leaving out SF makes the entire NorCal leg of the system useless.