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TRE service expansion is the right move

June 4th, 2016
Trinity Railway Express officials recently unveiled plans to increase service on the Dallas to Fort Worth corridor and that's the right move for the railroad. Shortening the time between waiting for trains should increase ridership. The words we appreciate most in rail...

Congressman Joe Barton against Texas High Speed Rail

May 12th, 2016
May 12, 2016 – TRA Newswire In a filing with the Surface Transportation Board, North Texas Congressman Joe Barton (R) Arlington has come out against a high speed rail project between Dallas and Houston.   Barton, whose district encompasses parts of Tarrant County...

CEO: High-speed rail, moving Texas forward without taxpayer grants or bailouts

April 9th, 2016
In an Op-Ed article Texas Central CEO Tim Keith reiterates that the company is not looking for state or federal help in building their 240 mile high speed rail line between Dallas and Houston. In the March 24, 2016 release Keith...

Do it: One click shows you support high speed rail in Texas

March 31st, 2016
Editorial - Surveys show that a majority of Texans want high speed rail service between our cities. However, there are some vocal rural elected leaders who would dash all hopes of creating a high speed line between Dallas and Houston that would...

Texas Central High Speed Rail Wins "Next Big Idea" Award

March 31st, 2016
March 31, 2016 - TRA Newswire Texas’ soon to be built high-speed railway between Dallas and Houston was honored Tuesday night for its big idea to transform travel in America, giving Texans a new safe, affordable and reliable transportation choice. The Urban Land Institute’s...

The Aggie Student Senate and politicians don't outweigh public opinion on high speed rail

March 3rd, 2016
We purposely waited a few weeks to see if the outcome of a public poll that was conducted by The Eagle, a newspaper in Bryan/College Station, would significantly change. The answer is no. By an almost 3-1 majority the readers of the Brazos Valley newspaper still want...

Plans for Houston-Dallas bullet train moving along

January 24th, 2016
January 22, 2016 - Houston Chronicle Transportation Writer Dug Begley at the 2016 Southwestern Rail Conference DALLAS - Plans for high-speed rail in Texas will speed up in 2016, company officials said Friday, as the first comprehensive examination of the Houston-to-Dallas...

Could Texas be getting high-speed rail? Texas Central Partners in development phase

December 9th, 2015
December 7, 2015 - KPRC Houston HOUSTON - Its official name is the ‘Tokaido Shinkansen,’ but Texans may know it as the famous Japanese bullet train. Texas Central Partners is a private group that wants to bring the high-speed rail to Texas. The...

Texas Central adds 3 to executive ranks - construction slated for 2017

November 30th, 2015
November 30, 2015 - Special to TRA Newswire   Company developing high-speed rail adds experience to senior executive team in Public Affairs, Construction and Finance Appointments mark latest milestone in the private, Texas-based company project linking Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston's commercial hubs Texas...

Amid Great Progress, Texas High-Speed Rail Takes a Big Step Back

November 26th, 2015
November 19, 2015 - Eric Jaffe -  CityLab.com   Federal officials rule the rail line won’t stop in DPlugins 0owntown Houston America’s train-loving vice president has bestowed his official blessing on theprivately funded high-speed rail line between Houston and Dallas. On Wednesday, Joe Biden...

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