February 7, 2016 Displaced homeowners, farms and ranches cut in two, 24/7 noise issues, disruption of a rural way of life. It's enough to get country folks boiling mad and it ought to be. No, we are not talking about some Texas and...

December 8, 2015 - Houston Public Media - Gail Delaughter Transportation officials say a link to downtown Houston is crucial to the project. The planned route for Texas Central Railway’s high-speed train between Houston and Dallas would only bring the train as...

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...