California High-Speed Train

The proposed California High-Speed Train (CaHST) system will provide a reliable mode of travel that links the major metropolitan areas of the state, and delivers predictable and consistent travel times. The CaHST system will relieve capacity constraints experienced by the existing transportation network as intercity travel in California increases.

As part of the Program Management team, SC Solutions is responsible for the seismic design of the system’s structures. These structures include bridges, aerial guide ways, tunnels, and stations.

The CaHST system will encompasses more than 700 miles providing intercity travel in California between the major metropolitan centers of Sacramento, the San Francisco Bay Area, the Central Valley, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, Orange County and San Diego. The CaHST system is envisioned as a state-of-the-art, electrically powered, high-speed, steel-wheel-on-steel-rail technology, including state-of-the-art safety, signaling and automated train-control systems.

The CaHST system will meet or exceed the capabilities of existing HST systems around the world. The CaHST system will be capable of operating speeds up to 220 miles per hour (mph) on a fully grade-separated alignment with an expected trip time from San Francisco to Los Angeles in just over 2 hours and 30 minutes. The CaHST system will meet California’s increasing demand for transportation and is projected to carry as many as 68 million annual passengers in 2020.