California voters have narrowly approved a $10 billion dollar bond to building a bullet train system throughout the state.

The rail line would carry passengers at 200 mph to Anaheim, Los Angeles, Fresno and San Francisco. Planners eventually want an 800-mile system that would also include Sacramento, San Diego and Oakland.

The measure, Proposition 1A, won even as California voters rejected most other initiatives with large price tags. Backers sold the proposal as an alternative to soaring air fares and long airport wait times.

It had been on the ballot twice before, but was removed both times by the Legislature.

Conservative opponents of the measure believed it would waste money during a time of financial crisis.

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