California High-Speed Rail

The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) is responsible for planning, designing, building and operation of the first statewide High-Speed Rail system. The Authority is ready to introduce a whole new way to travel for the more than 23 million residents who call Southern California home.

MeetHSRSoCal highlights the three southernmost sections in Phase I of the statewide system which include: Palmdale to Burbank (P-B), Burbank to Los Angeles (B-LA), and Los Angeles to Anaheim (LA-A) Project Sections. Select the project sections below to learn more.

Title VI Civil Rights Information

The Authority is committed to ensuring that no person shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity in the design, construction and operation of the high-speed rail system.

The environmental review, consultation, and other actions required by applicable federal environmental laws for this project are being, or have been, carried out by the State of California pursuant to 23 U.S. Code 327 and a Memorandum of Understanding dated July 23, 2019 and renewed July 22, 2024, and executed by the Federal Railroad Administration and the State of California. Under that Memorandum of Understanding, the Authority is the project’s lead agency under National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Prior to the 2019 Memorandum of Understanding, the Federal Railroad Administration was the federal lead agency. The Authority is also the lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).