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Texas Central is making progress in its aim to build the nation's first 'bullet train'

September 20th, 2017
September 20, 2017 - Progressive Railroading - By Julie Sneider, Senior Associate Editor At a ceremony held last month at Houston’s City Hall, Mayor Sylvester Turner could hardly contain his enthusiasm about a proposed 240-mile bullet train between the city and North Texas. Joining...

Congressman Brady tries to derail the Texas bullet train, again

August 29th, 2017
August 29, 2017 - TRA Commentary - Not satisfied with his earlier anti-Texas bullet train rants and filings, Congressman Kevin Brady (R) Conroe, has filed an amendment to the Omnibus Appropriations Bill to derail the project. And we always thought that Brady,...

Houston Mayor Turner signs “memorandum of understanding”; 1st step for high-speed train between Houston and Dallas

August 17th, 2017
August 17, 2017 - CW39.com - Houstonians, as much as we love to hate on our rivals in Dallas, wouldn't it be great if we could get there in a fraction of the four+ hours it takes in a car? On Thursday,...

What you need to know about Texas Central and high speed trains

August 14th, 2017
August 14, 2017 - TRA Opinion - If we're going to have the first high speed passenger rail line in the country right here in Texas then you need to know the who, what, when, where and why of Texas Central. The...

Texas Central announces agreement with Fluor, Lane Construction as bullet train moves forward

August 14th, 2017
August 14, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Selection of firms signifies important milestone working on design and engineering as high-speed train project moves toward construction Fluor and Lane would be the preferred design-builder of the North Texas-to-Houston line after development...

George H.W. Bush says he's ready to ride Texas' proposed high-speed rail

July 21st, 2017
July 19, 2017 - TheEagle.com - Even if it isn't finished until he's 99, former president George H.W. Bush says he wants to ride the proposed high-speed rail train from Houston to Dallas. According to a report in the Altoona Mirror, Bush's bucket...

How to pay for Texas' $12 billion bullet train without asking the state for money

July 9th, 2017
Jill Cowan - Economy Writer for Dallas Morning News - Texas Central Partners has repeated its promise time and time again. It will connect Dallas and Houston in 90 minutes with the nation’s first high-speed rail line. And it will get the...

Bullet-train battle moves toward Texas legislature special session

June 9th, 2017
June 8, 2017 - WeathefordDemocrat.com - AUSTIN — They’re still working on the railroad, but while advocates of the high-speed train linking Dallas and Houston remain bullish about getting off the drawing board and on track, new barriers could loom. “We’re going...

Texas lawmakers didn’t stop fast trains this year

June 8th, 2017
June 8, 2017 - San Antonio Express-News - Bruce Selcraig, Staff Writer  - In February, a group of largely rural Republican state lawmakers, allied in their loathing of a privately funded, high-speed rail proposal that might one day zoom passengers between...

Following legislative session it's full speed ahead for Texas bullet train

May 30th, 2017
May 30, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Holly Reed, Managing Director for External Affairs at Texas Central Railway, announced that work on the Dallas to Houston bullet train project remains at "high speed". Reed, in a news release, stated that "we have not...

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