Spanish operator wants to advise California on technical and commercial aspects of the project<\/strong><\/p>\n

Renfe, the Spanish state-owned railway operator, has submitted an offer to develop the first phase of a project to bring high-speed rail to California.<\/p>\n

Renfe is partnering with Adif, which manages Spanish railway infrastructure, and with other members of a consortium that hopes to win a contract to provide advice on how to build a 1,300-kilometer line linking Sacramento and San Francisco in the north of the state with Los Angeles and San Diego in the south.<\/p>\n

Once finished, the line will connect Los Angeles and San Francisco in under three hours<\/strong><\/p>\n

When completed, it would be the United States\u2019 first\u00a0high-speed train service.<\/p>\n

The California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA)\u00a0issued a release\u00a0on Thursday detailing that it has received four offers, including one from China, for this early phase of the project. The six-year contract for technical and commercial advice is worth an estimated $30 million (around \u20ac25 million).<\/p>\n

The CHSRA is looking for an experienced partner that could ultimately also take charge of operations on the section between Silicon Valley and Central Valley.<\/p>\n

The contract for phase one will be awarded on October 6. If successful, the Renfe-led consortium could then bid for a second phase to develop the line.<\/p>\n

The entire project is scheduled for completion in 2029 and will cost an estimated $64 billion, according to Bloomberg.\u00a0The bullet trains will cover a distance of 1,287 kilometers\u00a0at top speeds of 320 km\/h and stop at 24 stations. Once finished, the line will connect Los Angeles and San Francisco in less than three hours.<\/p>\n

International challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n

The California high-speed rail system and the\u00a0bullet train between Mecca and Medina, in Saudi Arabia, are Renfe\u2019s two major international projects. Early this year the Spanish operator pulled out of a bid to operate the West Coast line in the UK.<\/p>\n

Renfe\u2019s offer for the California line reinforces the Spanish presence on a project where ACS has already secured the contract to build a 100-kilometer stretch of track for around \u20ac990 million, while Ferrovial has landed the contract to lay out 35 kilometers for around \u20ac400 million.<\/p>\n

Spain has had a high-speed railway system,\u00a0known as the AVE, since 1992<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”503″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_rounded”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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