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by eitally 929 days ago
What I anticipate is that it will require a transfer in Diridon, which is suboptimal but it's also unrealistic to think of HSR going directly to SF (seriously, what route would be conceivable that could support actual high speed rail?). However, Caltrain just issued this press release today, which indicates that one of the results of electrification is going to be an ability to run more trains and increase the speed of SF<-->SJ bullets to accommodate 30min end-to-end travel time. If it's a 2hr30min HSR ride from LA to Diridon, then a transfer to 30min Caltrain to SF, that sounds more than acceptable, and still far faster and more convenient than flying LAX<->SFO.

https://www.caltrain.com/news/caltrain-announces-exciting-ne...