CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : SACRAMENTO : S.F.-L.A. Rail Link Urged by Year 2000
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A legislative study urges the state to construct a $12.6-billion rail system by the year 2000 that would carry passengers between San Francisco and Los Angeles at speeds of 125 m.p.h. or more. The study, which the Legislature will consider when it sets funding priorities for improving rail service in the San Joaquin Valley, calls for building a route over the Tehachapi Mountains along Interstate 5 to link Bakersfield and Los Angeles.
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