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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...