Trump administration pulls another $175m from California's high-speed rail

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Source: The Guardian

Tue 26 Aug 2025 20.35 EDT
First published on Tue 26 Aug 2025 18.41 EDT


The Trump administration is cancelling another $175m in funding for California’s high-speed rail, marking another setback for the state’s much-delayed project.

The US transportation department said on Tuesday it was withdrawing funding the $175m for grade separation, over-crossing and design work and to build a high-speed rail station in Madera. The move follows the cancellation earlier this summer of $4bn in federal grants for the state’s ambitious but long-overdue plans.

California in July sued to challenge the withdrawal of funding, calling the decision illegal.

The funding cuts are another hurdle for the 16-year effort to link Los Angeles and San Francisco by a three-hour train ride, a project that would deliver the fastest passenger rail service in the United States.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/26/california-high-speed-rail-trump-administration

[Lovie777]

1. shithole hates California...................

[BumRushDaShow]

2. So then CA

should take a jackhammer to his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

[Turbineguy]

3. Trump is good at failing.

[Hieronymus Phact]

4. fox news:

Another setback just proves those liberals in California just don't know how to handle money!

[Marthe48]

5. You can bet the money the crooks are grabbing are going right in their pockets

They are taking food from the hungry, health from the sick, support from the disabled, not to mention money from research, money from public infrastructure and from public education. All to ravage the financial reserves working Americans paid into to benefit the public well-being and defend our country.

[kimbutgar]

6. Madera is a Republican county 54.7% voted Repuke and 43.1% voted Democrat

This railway system would have economically helped the area so virtually they screwed themselves voting for the orange turd.

https://www.bestplaces.net/voting/city/california/madera