Texas Central says NW Houston station would serve more passengers
April 20, 2016 - communityimpact.com
As officials with Texas Central Railway work to determine train station locations for the proposed high speed rail project connecting Houston and Dallas, the northwest Houston area has emerged as an appealing candidate.
David Hagy, a Texas Central representative in Houston, said although a specific location has not been named, the company is considering the Hwy. 290 and Loop 610 interchange—in the general area of Northwest Mall—for the station. Ridership studies show this location reaching more people than a central downtown location, Hagy said.
“We removed the downtown station because we could never pick up enough revenue to justify being downtown,” he said. “We need people from downtown, but we also serve the Galleria area, the Energy Corridor and Northwest Houston, which is where all growth is happening. As we kept going toward downtown, our studies showed us passing up more passengers.”
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