Fresno station (California High-Speed Rail)

Fresno
Location	H Street Fresno, California
Coordinates	36°43′59″N 119°47′37″W / 36.733074°N 119.793732°W / 36.733074; -119.793732
Owned by	California High-Speed Rail Authority
Other information
Status	under construction
History
Opening	2018 (Amtrak service) 2025 (High-Speed Rail service)
Services
Preceding station   California High-Speed Rail   Following station Madera toward Merced or San Francisco   Phase I (under construction)   Kings–Tulare toward Anaheim
Location
Fresno Location within California

Fresno is a California High-Speed Rail station being constructed in Fresno, California; the groundbreaking ceremony for the system was held at the station site on January 6, 2015. The first purpose-built high speed rail station in the United States, it is part of the system's Initial Construction Segment. The facility is located in Downtown Fresno at H Street between Fresno and Tulare Streets, and is about 7 blocks south from the existing Fresno Amtrak station. The high-speed rail line runs along the right-of-way of the Union Pacific Railroad at this location.

The station itself replaced a Greyhound bus terminal dating from the 1950s. In July 2015, it was estimated that construction of the station building itself would commence in 2017 or 2018 and was expected to spur new development in Downtown Fresno. Several existing industrial and office buildings in the vicinity had to be demolished to make way for the station and tracks. In October 2016, the plans called for the station to occupy about 120,000 square feet and cost about $80 million, with the planning work being finished by the end of 2019. At the end of January 2017, demolition was begun on the former Greyhound bus station occupying the site of the future high-speed rail station.