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...
Updated December 3, 2015 - TRA Newswire
(Dallas) - The private company that plans to build a high speed rail line between Texas' two largest metro areas kicked off a series of public meetings in Dallas Tuesday, showing the public and...
October 20, 2015 - Dallas - (TRA Newswire)
Design-build development partnership announced
Two world-class design-build firms to provide work valued at $130 million for Texas’ high-speed rail project
Backers say commitment shows strong international interest
Project reaches 50% milestone in development capital
A private group...
(Special to TRA) - High-speed rail will spur economic benefits across Texas
Independent study projects potential impact of more than $36 billion
All counties, cities and school districts touched by the Dallas-to-Houston route will share in the financia
l benefits, even before the...
FRA Completes High-Speed Rail Corridor Alternatives Analysis
September 15, 2016 - Special to TRA - The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced yesterday that the first stage analysis of a high speed rail corridor between Houston and Dallas points toward using high...
Published Saturday, August 1, 2015 - Tyler Morning Telegraph
The Sunday July 26 editorial “High Speed Rail Won't Work in Texas” misses a few key facts.
Linking two of the top 10 metropolitan areas in the country (Dallas and Houston) does not...
August 25, 2015 - Fort Worth Star Telegram Editorial
Planning for high-speed rail service linking Fort Worth to Houston continues to move forward, slowly but decidedly.
The Regional Transportation Council last week allocated $4.5 million from its regional tollway revenue accounts to...
The Regional Transportation Council (RTC) in North Texas last week approved $4.5 million through fiscal-year 2018 for the planning, design, project development and preliminary engineering of a high-speed rail line that would connect Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston.
Texas Central Partners is...
