SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The agency overseeing California’s bullet train project recommended Friday that a U.S. subsidiary of a German rail company design and operate a train segment from the Central Valley to Silicon Valley in its early stages.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority’s board of directors will vote Oct. 19 on whether to approve a $30 million contract with DB Engineering & Consulting USA. It’s the U.S. arm of rail giant Deutsche Bahn AG, which is owned by the German government.