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Big turnout at UT-SA hears why Texas needs more train service
February 17th, 2017
February 17, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
(San Antonio) - Over 85 interested citizens, students and members of the National Association of Railroad Passengers in Texas gathered on the UT-SA Campus Thursday evening and heard about an important high speed rail...
McLane: Texas Bullet Train Project Will Be A Thriving Economic Engine
February 17th, 2017
February 14, 2017 - Houston Chronicle -
By Drayton McLane Jr -
With the Super Bowl behind us, how many Texans would have enjoyed football's biggest week even more had it not been for the traffic hassles to get to Houston? Just...
Texas Bullet Train Project Reaches Key Milestones With Landowners
February 7th, 2017
February 7, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
Texas Central, developers of the state’s first high-speed train, announced today that it has marked a significant milestone in its land option program, the result of collaborative and ongoing engagements with property owners and stakeholders...
Fed regulators slow down Texas bullet train start date
February 6th, 2017
February 6, 2017 - HoustonPress.com
The highly anticipated and controversial Houston-to-Dallas bullet train line has been delayed once again.
Yep, that's right. Texas Central Partners, the private company that plans to construct a high-speed rail line that will zip passengers between Houston...
Private sector Texas Central bullet train highlighted on Fox Business
February 2nd, 2017
January 31, 2017 - FoxBusiness.com
Texas Central, the private company that is building a high speed rail line between Dallas and Houston was highlighted as one of two important infrastructure projects on the Fox Business Channel's Varney & Company.
http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/5305020503001/?#sp=show-clips
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UT San Antonio to host presentation on high speed trains in Texas February 16
January 30th, 2017
January 30, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
Texas is on the cusp of high speed trains to connect major cities. A look at what this can do for the state economy will be the subject of The Dialogues in Planning Speakers Series...
Two Texas rail projects make Trump's Top 50 list - but one is missing
January 25th, 2017
January 25, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
McClatchy newspapers report that President Trump's transition team has compiled a list of 50 potential transportation projects across the U.S. that could be included in a promised infrastructure proposal. Two in the "Top 15" are passenger rail projects...
Hundreds hear that Texas needs to embrace freight and passenger rail - not just more roads
January 15th, 2017
January 15, 2016 - TRA Newswire -
Hundreds of attendees from the public and private sector heard from both freight and passenger executives and advocates Friday that roads alone will not solve our future transportation needs.
Featured speaker Peter Espy, Rail Division...
Biggest Texas transportation battles of 2016 to continue in the new year
January 1st, 2017
December 27, 2016 - Texas Tribune - Brandon Formby -
Legislators may look at a high-speed rail developer's ability to use eminent domain for a Dallas-Houston bullet train.
The cost of toll roads, the toll of urban congestion, ride-hailing battles and...
Texas Central Railway vs. property owner goes to trial July 3 in Harris County land survey dispute
December 20th, 2016
December 20, 2016 - TRA Newswire -
Texas Central Railway will go to trial July 3 in Harris County, seeking a permanent ruling to conduct land surveys for the Dallas to Houston bullet train project. A Houston area property owner claimed that Texas Central...