The High-Speed Rail Authority and Caltrain plan to collaborate to convert some at-grade rail crossings along Caltrain's right-of-way to safer above-grade rail crossings. Once fully complete, the section will be extended to terminate at the Salesforce Transit Center. The San Jose-to-San Francisco section of the project is expected to have three stops at the San Jose Diridon Station, the Millbrae transit center and the Fourth and King Street Caltrain station. RELATED: High Speed Rail Authority picks SF to SJ, Silicon Valley to Central Valley route 'But for the state of California, it really provides the basis for a project that's ready to do just that.'

'If nothing else, what it does is it really prepares and moves this entire project forward towards construction, with of course a very important component of generating capital that's necessary to get the job done,' board Chair Tom Richards said. High speed rail officials have now approved the environmental clearance documents for 420 miles of the project's 500-mile span between San Francisco and Anaheim. The California High-Speed Rail Authority's Board of Directors approved the environmental impact report and statement for the roughly 50-mile stretch, which will utilize the right-of-way currently used by Caltrain. The California high speed rail governing board approved the final environmental documents Thursday for the San Jose-to-San Francisco section, completing clearance of the project's Northern California leg. The California High-Speed Rail Authority approved the final Environmental Impact Report for an extension from San Francisco to San Jose.

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