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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 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...
Congressman Joe Barton against Texas High Speed Rail
May 12th, 2016
May 12, 2016 – TRA Newswire
In a filing with the Surface Transportation Board, North Texas Congressman Joe Barton (R) Arlington has come out against a high speed rail project between Dallas and Houston.
Barton, whose district encompasses parts of Tarrant County...
Anti-rail is rallying: Now is the time to support Texas high speed rail
May 5th, 2016
The group known as Texans Against High Speed Rail has initiated a campaign to flood the Surface Transportation Board in Washington with petitions that, even well couched in the guise of eminent domain, just want to flat out kill the Texas high...
Q&A: Why Texas Central needs Federal Approval to build a high speed rail line
May 5th, 2016
To clear the air of misinformation being circulated by rural Texans trying to kill a high speed rail project between Dallas and Houston we asked Texas Central to clarify why they need approval from the Surface Transportation Board (STB) in...
Texas High-Speed Rail Seeks Federal Agency Certification
May 5th, 2016
May 5, 2016 -
* Train developers petition for confirmation of Surface Transportation Board jurisdiction
* Project meets standard as infrastructure project of national importance
* Move will bring Texas passenger link in line with nation’s rail systems
(Dallas) - Developers of Texas’ high-speed...
So what will the STB do about on-time passenger rail performance?
February 8th, 2016
February 8, 2016
The Surface Transportation Board is known mostly around the rail industry as an agency that Congress charged with resolving railroad rate and service disputes and reviewing proposed railroad mergers. The usual day-in and day-out freight rail issues.
That's why we...
STB solicits your opinion for 'on-time' passenger-train performance, preference issues
January 1st, 2016
December 29, 2015 - Progressive Railroading / TRA Newswire
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) is seeking public comment on two decisions it issued yesterday involving passenger train on-time performance and preference issues.
The board issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that defines...