Timeline


1996

California High Speed Rail Anuthority (CHSRA) is created

2000

A High Speed Rail (HSR) business plan is drafted including forecasts of ridership, revenue, costs, and benefits

2001

CHSRA begins a program level Environmental Impact Report (EIR)/Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

2005

CHSRA completes a program level EIR/EIS (with the exception of the Bay Area to Central Valley segment which was subject to a lawsuit)

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2008

Fall - CHSRA completes the full program level EIR/EIS (including the Bay Area to Central Valley segment)

November 4 - California voters approve Proposition 1A giving the CHSRA $9.95 billion in initial funding for the project

2009

December – State courts de-certify the Bay Area to Central Valley segment of the program level EIR/EIS in response to litigation. The court ruled the program level EIR/EIS failed to explain how it would mitigate vibration and track right-of-way issues south of San Jose with Union Pacific Railroad

2010

March 4 – CHSRA issues a revised draft program level EIR/EIS for the Bay Area to Central Valley segment and it goes into a public comment period

April 8 – Preliminary Alternatives Analysis released for the San Francisco to San Jose section

April 26 – Comment period closes for the draft program level EIR/EIS for the Bay Area to Central Valley segment

June 30 – Preliminary Alternatives Analysis comments due

August 5 - Supplemental Alternatives Analysis released for the San Francisco to San Jose section

December – Draft project level EIR/EIS is expected to be released and will go into a public comment period for approximately 60 days

2011

February – Draft project level EIR/EIS comment period closes

Fall – Final project level EIR/EIS completed

Winter – 30% Engineering completed

2012

September – Deadline to begin construction to be eligible for federal stimulus money under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

2017

Begin limited passenger service (subject to change)

2020

Begin full passenger service (subject to change)