Article: State reveals detailed high-speed train plans from San Francisco to San Jose

Love it or hate it, the California high-speed train will bolt through each neighborhood along the Caltrain tracks on either 20- foot-high rail bridges, alongside the current railroad or underground, according to state plans revealed Wednesday.

The California High-Speed Rail Authority released the much- anticipated "alternatives analysis," far and away the most detailed view yet of how the massive project will forever transform the region from San Francisco to San Jose. The highly controversial $40 billion bullet train will whisk passengers at speeds as much as 125 mph along the Caltrain corridor and travel to Los Angeles, with service expected to begin late next decade.

The authority ...

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