A company hoping to help California with its high-speed rail built one in North Africa instead, saying the region was ‘less politically dysfunctional’

In order to help the state build a high-speed rail system from Los Angeles to San Francisco, the SNCF came to California but left in 2011.

They built a functioning high-speed rail system in 7 years.

A new report from the Times shows that the project to build the first high-speed rail system in the country was put on hold due to political disagreements.

The bullet train system would take passengers between Los Angeles and San Francisco in two hours and 40 minutes. The project was supposed to cost $33 billion and be finished by 2020.

The California Speed Rail Authority now says the cost will be $113 billion, up from their previous estimate of $110 billion.

The company decided to pull out after the state ignored the company's recommendations, according to Dan McNamara.

McNamara said there were so many things that went wrong. SNCF was upset. The state was told that they were leaving for North Africa.

The Times reports that many of the issues surrounding the project are tied to political figures who want the rail route to go through their cities and regions. The original plan was for the rail to go through the San Gabriel Mountains, but politicians wanted the rail to go into the desert.

The politicians in desert cities argued that diversions would provide more riders and help their local economies. The route was altered at the expense of a fast build.

After the Federal Railway Administration said the state failed to make progress on the project, Donald Trump pulled $1 billion in funding. Last year, the funding was restored by the president.

The first section of the high-speed rail is under construction. The authority wants to start testing the section in 25 years.

According to some rail operators, the project could be a failure.

The former rail chairman told the Times that he didn't think it was an existing project. It is not a winner.