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Anonymous12/10/25, 05:30No.2060722
If Dreamstar brings back the Lark, it would be a good stopgap measure until CAHSR Bakersfield-Palmdale opens in the 2040s. The Coast Starlight sucks, nobody wants to spend 12 hours in the middle of the day going from Jack London to LA Union in a train with no wifi 9 am to 9 pm.
Stuff the economy cars with reclinable seats, put all the crying babies in one car, dim the lights, and let me sleep 9 hours to LA Union Station for under 100 dollars.
They're not going to be able to achieve their stated goal of 2026. There's an equipment shortage and they won't be able to get everything in place in time. Even if they only run the service during holidays when airports are packed and airlines raise their prices it will still be a boon to travellers as long as the price is cheaper than a flight
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Anon12/10/25, 05:49No.2060724
California is planning so many expansion projects it's insane
SMART to Cloverdale
BART to Livermore, eBART to Brentwood
Capitol Corridor going back to precovid frequencies
Caltrain to Watsonville, Salinas, (theoretically) Santa Cruz and Monterey
ACE-Valley Rail which I haven't read about yet
CAHSR IOS done in 2032 hopefully, Pacheco Pass tunnels done in 2038 allowing CAHSR trains to run to 4th and King, which will change real estate in the CV forever.
A bunch of Metro expansions in LA that I don't really know about
BART to Downtown San Jose/Diridon
What's up with that? Did transit agencies come into a surplus during COVID and begin a funding spree? They sure aren't spending it on homelessness that's all I know
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Anon12/10/25, 10:02No.2060731
>Dreamstar
>They're not going to be able to achieve their stated goal of 2026.
It's never going to happen, as was said in your previous thread about this shit
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Anon12/23/25, 14:20No.2061798
Or you could have posted an "update" in this thread instead of now having 3 threads about the same shitty "service" that won't ever happen