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561:"High-speed rail plan in Hanford to be revised"
273:. It will be located near the intersection of
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1172:Railway stations in Kings County, California
1167:Proposed California High-Speed Rail stations
1177:Railway stations scheduled to open in 2030
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535:"High-speed rail could nix Amtrak station"
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509:"Supes say no to all county HSR routes"
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801:California High-Speed Rail (main page)
447:Calefati, Jessica (January 10, 2014).
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806:California High-Speed Rail Authority
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473:Connell, Rich (December 27, 2010).
652:. November 7, 2013. Archived from
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421:Nidever, Seth (December 7, 2011).
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862:San Francisco 4th and King Street
732:Lindt, John (December 11, 2019).
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907:Palmdale Transportation Center
675:Lindt, John (August 5, 2015).
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1056:Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
259:Kings–Tulare Regional Station
238:Kings–Tulare Regional Station
24:Kings–Tulare Regional Station
374:electrical transmission line
596:The Bakersfield Californian
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786:California High-Speed Rail
263:California High-Speed Rail
244:Location within California
150:California High-Speed Rail
997:San Joaquin River Viaduct
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73:36.335141°N 119.592321°W
1031:Connecting rail systems
1121:Los Angeles Metro Rail
370:Union Pacific Railroad
330:Union Pacific Railroad
279:Central Valley Highway
176:Central Valley Segment
78:36.335141; -119.592321
41:Central Valley Highway
1017:San Gabriel Mountains
816:Construction of CAHSR
656:on September 22, 2015
453:San Jose Mercury News
357:Cross Valley Corridor
992:Fresno River Viaduct
982:Pacheco Pass Tunnels
681:The Business Journal
650:The Business Journal
337:Board of Supervisors
1007:Tehachapi Mountains
1002:Kings River Viaduct
794:Main CAHSR articles
321:an existing station
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64:119°35′32″W
52:Coordinates
1161:Categories
1068:Muni Metro
972:Coast Line
952:The Portal
380:References
353:light rail
61:36°20′07″N
1133:Metrolink
1022:Surf Line
487:0458-3035
315:uses the
1044:Caltrain
956:Caltrain
867:Millbrae
326:Route 99
298:Planning
213:Location
186:Terminus
163:towards
132:Services
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89:Owned by
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293:History
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283:Hanford
173:Phase I
117:Opening
112:History
1092:Amtrak
892:Fresno
887:Madera
882:Merced
877:Gilroy
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165:Merced
160:Fresno
120:2030
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