Newsom blamed Trump for high-speed rail's $4 billion funding cut. Records show California never bought the trains it promised.
Records reveal California twice missed deadlines to buy the trains at the center of a federal funding fight — then quietly dropped its lawsuit weeks after missing its new deadline.
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California's High-Speed Rail Authority repeatedly missed key deadlines to buy its trains, a failure federal officials cited when they pulled $4 billion in funding a year ago.
More than a year and a half after the original deadline, the authority still cannot say when it expects to award the contract.
Approved by voters in 2008, the project was originally designed to link San Francisco and Los Angeles in under three hours with electric trains capable of reaching 220 mph.
There's no direct line between the two major cities, and the ride now takes 10.5 to 12 hours.
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