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"There is no talk about building any sort of passenger line south of Bakersfield and directly into Los Angeles Union Station. The historic Southern Pacific route through the Tehachapi Pass is scenic but slow; that segment of the trip is now a bus ride, and has been ever since the San Joaquin corridor was established in the 1970s. If the proposed HSR line terminates at Bakersfield, getting into Los Angeles still will be slow. Even the $4.2 billion in state funds that Newsom proposed for the project is still only 6% of its expected total cost."
How much to buy out the Tejon Ranch and relocate the mountain crossing?