{"id":4016,"date":"2026-04-06T06:38:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=4016"},"modified":"2026-04-06T06:38:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:38:03","slug":"californias-125-billion-high-speed-train-to-nowhere-laid-bare-in-60-minutes-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=4016","title":{"rendered":"California\u2019s $125 billion high-speed train to nowhere laid bare in 60 Minutes report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Gavin Newsom\u2019s transport secretary has admitted criticism of California\u2019s high-speed rail is justified \u2014 as estimates of the project show it will be a struggle to be completed. <\/p>\n<p>Officials now say it will cost an eye-watering $126 billion to finish the line from Los Angeles to San Francisco \u2014 which is more money than Amtrak has ever received from the federal government since it was established in 1971, a damning 60 Minutes report revealed.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s and a huge uptick when compared to the $33 billion voters were told the rail would cost when it was announced way back in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly two decades later, the idea of a sleek, sub-three-hour ride has instead morphed into a delayed, downsized, and wildly expensive project that\u2019s earliest projected opening is 2033. <\/p>\n<p>There are still no tracks laid, and the only segment that\u2019s seen much progress runs between Bakersfield and Merced.<\/p>\n<p>In nearby Fresno, the only place where the project is visible, locals mock the project as \u201cStonehenge\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>California Transportation Secretary Toks Omishakin in Long Beach in 2023. <span class=\"credit\">MediaNews Group via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s administration scaled the project back to the Central Valley \u2014 a stretch few demanded.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re now in 2026. There are no trains. There\u2019s no track laid. It was a complete bait and switch,\u201d Rep. Vince Fong told 60 Minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe California High-Speed Rail nightmare is the probably quintessential example of government waste and mismanagement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>California Transportation Secretary Toks Omishakin admitted \u201dmistakes have been made\u201d and some of the criticism was \u201dvery fair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think the voters fully understood and neither did we\u2026 what it was gonna take to actually get this project delivered,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cWe\u2019re now in 2026. There are no trains. It was a complete bait and switch,\u201d Rep. Vince Fong told 60 Minutes. <span class=\"credit\">CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Officials now say it will cost an eye-watering $126 billion to finish the line from Los Angeles to San Francisco  <span class=\"credit\">CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By 2019, even Gov. Gavin Newsom threw cold water on the original vision, saying, \u201cRight now, there simply isn\u2019t a path\u2026 from San Francisco to LA.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>His administration scaled the project back to the Central Valley \u2014 a stretch few demanded and fewer are expected to ride.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the price tag for the full system has exploded to roughly $126 billion, leaving a staggering funding gap of about $90 billion. Officials insist they\u2019ll find the money. \u201cThe entire amount\u2026 not there today. But do we believe we can get those funds to get the\u2013 the project done?? Absolutely,\u201d Omishakin said.<\/p>\n<p>Federal funding has also been yanked, with critics blasting the project as one that has \u201cwasted billions in taxpayer dollars yet delivered nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For now, California\u2019s high-speed rail remains stuck between ambition and reality \u2014 a half-built symbol of big dreams and the nagging question: can the state actually pull it off?<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>California Post News<\/strong>: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedIn<br \/><strong>California Post Sports<\/strong> Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X<br \/><strong>California Post  <\/strong>Opinion <br \/><strong>California Post Newsletters<\/strong>: Sign up here!<br \/><strong>California Post App<\/strong>: Download here!<br \/><strong>Home delivery<\/strong>: Sign up here!<br \/><strong>Page Six Hollywood<\/strong>: Sign up here!<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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