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Sacramento to Redding CA HSR Corridor
Here is the plan for the High-Speed Rail “HSR” corridor between Sacramento and Redding CA.
Existing rail lines often pass through expensive and very productive farmland, especially so between Marysville/Yuba City, Chico, Los Molinos, and Red Bluff. Along this RR corridor, we also encounter many grade crossings and often paralleled with adjacent highways. It is complicated to construct vehicular overpasses under such conditions. Also, the current right-of-way (RoW) is too narrow to provide the needed space for the HSR tracks, which would require massive farmland purchasing.
The “HSR” plan shown does evade many of the problems as mentioned above. This route will use much cheaper land, and in parts existing power-line RoW. Also, this new HSR corridor is comparatively straight and with a shorter distance. One exception is in Marysville and Oroville, but they are near the station stops.
However, the existing RR corridor is 14 miles long, which is from Redding south to the panorama curve, and is also narrow and has many grade crossings with adjacent highways. This fourteen-mile HSR stretches maybe only in a single track and speeds with less than 60 mph. It is possible to, in part fill, and construct overpass segments for the HSR track but still in single-track format.
Existing rail lines often pass through expensive and very productive farmland, especially so between Marysville/Yuba City, Chico, Los Molinos, and Red Bluff. Along this RR corridor, we also encounter many grade crossings and often paralleled with adjacent highways. It is complicated to construct vehicular overpasses under such conditions. Also, the current right-of-way (RoW) is too narrow to provide the needed space for the HSR tracks, which would require massive farmland purchasing.
The “HSR” plan shown does evade many of the problems as mentioned above. This route will use much cheaper land, and in parts existing power-line RoW. Also, this new HSR corridor is comparatively straight and with a shorter distance. One exception is in Marysville and Oroville, but they are near the station stops.
However, the existing RR corridor is 14 miles long, which is from Redding south to the panorama curve, and is also narrow and has many grade crossings with adjacent highways. This fourteen-mile HSR stretches maybe only in a single track and speeds with less than 60 mph. It is possible to, in part fill, and construct overpass segments for the HSR track but still in single-track format.