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Texas Thinks its High-Speed Rail Plans Will Win Where Others Have Hit Roadblocks

July 24th, 2016
July 21, 2016 - skift.com A $100 million bet says that thousands of Texans will abandon cars and pick-ups for a needle-nosed bullet train that zips past cattle and ranches to deliver riders from Dallas to Houston in 90 minutes —...

Two new VP's named for Dallas-Houston high-speed train company

July 24th, 2016
July 18, 2016 - Dallas Morning News The developers of a high-speed bullet train between Dallas and Houston added two former public officials to its team, the company announced. Texas Central Partners has tapped former Texas Transportation Commission memberJeff Moseley as its...

SurfTransBoard denies Texas Central claim as part of national network

July 18th, 2016
Updated July 19, 2016 - TRA Newswire Updated with response from Texas Central The Surface Transportation Board struck a blow to Texas Central Railway today in stating that the board does not have jurisdiction over the railway since it would operate entirely within...

Former TX Transpo official and 2 others join Texas Central High Speed Rail

July 18th, 2016
July 18, 2016 - TRA Newswire Texas Central railway CEO Tim Keith announced that the high speed rail project added three key players today to their roster, including a former Texas Transportation Commission member. In a news release, Keith announced that "it's...

Some Texans fighting against multi-billion dollar bullet train

July 7th, 2016
July 2, 2016 - Cypress Creek Mirror Texas is looking like it will become the first state in the nation to get a bullet train. Texas Central Partners, LLC (Texas Central), a private company that is leading the bullet train project...

Could Virgin Trains run Texas Central's future trains?

July 6th, 2016
Here's a most interesting question. Is it possible that UK-based Virgin Trains could supply the on-board crews to run Japanese-type bullet trains between Dallas and Houston? If so, this would bring a very high level of service to Texans who...

Outrageous statements on Texas high speed rail project from public official

July 4th, 2016
July 4, 2016 Tall Texas tales. The Waxahachie Daily Light published an opinion piece from Commissioner Marty Hiles of the Community Development Sub Regional Planning Commission in its June 30, 2016 edition. This is not the first time we have seen Mr. Hiles hyperbole in...

Texas Central critics manipulate facts on high speed rail project

June 30th, 2016
June 30, 2016 A lot of manure has been thrown about by rural lawmakers and some anti-high speed rail groups trying to kill a $10 billion private project that would link North Texas and Houston. Texas Central recently filed two petitions with the Surface...

Texas Central answers its critics with response to Surface Transportation Board

June 26th, 2016
June 25, 2016 - TRA Newswire In a 41 page filing to the Surface Transportation Board this week, Texas Central Railway countered its opponents arguments that it should not be allowed to operate a high speed rail line between Dallas and Houston. In the...

Texas Central gets STB Protective Order / Amtrak explores mutual interests

June 22nd, 2016
June 22, 2016 - TRA Newswire Texas Central, the private concern building a high speed rail line between Dallas and Houston, received an Order of Protection from the Surface Transportation Board to shield proprietary documents from rural lawmakers and landowners that want to...

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