Updated June 1, 2018 - TRA Newswire - Texas Rail Advocates and Rail Passengers Association yesterday filed letters with the Surface Transportation Board supporting a Texas Central Railroad petition that would clear the way for STB to assume jurisdiction over the Texas high-speed rail...

May 7, 2018 - TRA Newswire - Texas Central has petitioned the Surface Transportation Board to reopen STB Docket 36025, which if approved, would give the builders of the bullet train project the authority to operate under broader federal law. Texas Central,...

May 4, 2018 - TRA Newswire -   DALLAS  – Developers of Texas’ high-speed train have forged an agreement with Amtrak, allowing passengers to use Amtrak’s reservation system to buy tickets for through travel on both the Texas Bullet Train and Amtrak’s...

May 2, 2018 - TRA Newswire - Bechtel, with deep Texas roots, will support high-speed train project’s delivery to implementation phase Selection of global engineering giant marks latest addition of industry expertise on Houston-to-North Texas line Texas Central, developers of the...

March 16, 2018 - Houston Chronicle - U.S. Congressman Ted Poe - "There is simply not enough concrete to build enough highway lanes to keep up with all of this growth" As technology evolves, so does transportation. From the days of the horse...

March 13, 2018 - ProgressiveRailroading.com / TRA Newswire - Texas Central Partners officials are striking back at comments made last week by SNCF America Inc. about the private Texas-based company's plans to build a Dallas-to-Houston bullet train service. In a statement issued in response to the Federal Railroad...

February 9, 2018 - transportationtodaynews.com - Jim Mathews, president and CEO of the Rail Passengers Association (RPA), recently sent a letter to Juan D. Reyes, III, Federal Railroad Administration acting deputy administrator, to voice support for Texas Central Railway’s (TCR) Houston–Dallas...

February 5, 2018 - TRA Newswire - Highlighting Houston’s history as a major railway hub, Mayor Sylvester Turner and developers of the Texas Bullet Train announced today the preferred site of the new passenger station, at the Northwest Mall near the...

January 29, 2018 - TRA Newswire - Maps, renderings show terminal near convention center in Cedars neighborhood Bullet train project seen as catalyst for economic growth, new jobs and development Station expected to increase property values, generate more local tax...

January 25, 2018 - TRA Newswire - A Special Request for Texas Rail Advocates followers: The private company that is building the high speed railroad between Dallas and Houston must get final approval from the Federal Railroad Administration before the first shovel...