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Sacramento to Redding CA  HSR Corridor

The plan for the High-Speed Rail “HSR” corridor between Sacramento and Redding CA.   
                       
Existing rail lines pass through expensive and very productive farmland. Especially so between Marysville/Yuba City, Chico, Los Molinos, and Red Bluff. This RR corridor encounters many grade crossings and is parallel with adjacent highways. It is complicated to construct vehicular overpasses under such conditions. The current right of way is narrow to provide the needed space for the HSR tracks. This will 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 right of way. This new HSR corridor is rather straight and with a shorter distance. One exception is in Marysville and Oroville, but they are near the station stops.  

                                  
The existing RR corridor is 14 miles long, which is from Redding south to the panorama curve. This is narrow and has many grade crossings with adjacent highways. This fourteen-mile HSR stretch is 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 in single-track format.

The Cascadia High-Speed Rail corridor

The  plans show the entire Cascadia High-Speed Rail corridor 

 

Why a Cascadia High-Speed Rail

Public transport becomes increasingly important in cities with limited space. Connecting corridors with high-speed rail between cities will improve intercity transit.