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# How California’s Bullet Train Went Off the Rails
- URL: https://werd.io/how-californias-bullet-train-went-off-the-rails/
- Published: 2022-10-09T18:17:19.000Z
- Updated: 2022-10-09T18:17:19.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:22

“SNCF was very angry. They told the state they were leaving \[California\] for North Africa, which was less politically dysfunctional. They went to Morocco and helped them build a rail system.” [#Democracy](https://werd.io/tag/Democracy)

\[[Link](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/09/us/california-high-speed-rail-politics.html)\]