External LinkVIDEO RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Releases Spring 2025 Construction Update

 

June 12, 2025

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: As spring unfolds across California, the state’s high-speed rail project continues to make strong progress. Construction is actively underway on 30 major structures throughout the Central Valley, highlighting a season of growth and momentum. To date, the project has also generated more than 15,000 construction jobs, fueling local economies and supporting communities across the region. 

FRESNO, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) today released its Spring 2025 Construction Update highlighting progress on the nation’s first 220 mph high-speed rail system currently taking shape in the Central Valley.

The video features work on the railhead project, a new facility in Kern County where equipment and materials necessary to lay track will be housed and deployed using BNSF freight rail lines.

Additional highlights include work on the project’s largest construction site, the Hanford Viaduct, where the remaining 112 girders were placed over the San Joaquin Valley Railroad.

Other progress includes work on the State Route 43 Tied Arch Bridge where crews have erected falsework to begin construction of the structure’s signature arches. The update also highlights progress at the Avenue 17 and Road 26 grade separations in Madera County, the Cesar Chavez Boulevard Underpass and the Tulare Street Underpass in the city of Fresno.

Construction progresses every day on the California high-speed rail project. There are currently 171 miles under design and construction from Merced to Bakersfield.

More than 60 miles of guideway is completed and of the 93 structures on the initial 119 mile segment, 54 are complete and 30 are currently under construction between Madera, Fresno, Kings, and Tulare counties. Since the start of high-speed rail construction, the project has created more than 15,000 good paying construction jobs for residents, with over 97% being filled by Californians, and 70% going to residents of the Central Valley.

Approximately 1,600 workers are dispatched to a high-speed rail construction site daily.

Interviews in Spanish are available upon request. For more information, contact the Authority’s media relations office at: news@hsr.ca.gov.

Se ofrecen entrevistas en Español bajo solicitud. Para obtener más información, contacte a la Oficina de Relaciones con los Medios por correo electrónico: news@hsr.ca.gov.

For the latest on high-speed rail construction, visit: www.buildhsr.com.External Link

The following link contains recent video, animations, photography, press center resources and latest renderings: https://hsra.app.box.com/s/vyvjv9hckwl1dk603ju15u07fdfir2q8.External Link

Files are all available for free use, courtesy of the California High-Speed Rail Authority.

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High-speed rail is a key part of Governor Newsom’s Build More, FasterExternal Link agenda, delivering infrastructure upgrades and creating jobs throughout the state. Discover more: Build.ca.govExternal Link

 

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