January 11, 2022 - David Peter Alan, Contributing Editor, Railway Age -
Part 1 of 5: A Temporary Victory for High-Speed Rail in the Lone Star State.
When is a railroad not a railroad? Maybe “when it’s getting started in Texas.” The...
January 11, 2022 - TRA Austin -
It may be several months before the Texas Supreme Court hands down a decision that determines if a Texas railroad is really a railroad and can acquire land for a high speed rail project.
Oral...
January 10, 2022 - TRA Austin -
Tuesday morning, the Texas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments that may decide the fate of the Texas Central Railway (TCR) Dallas to Houston high speed rail project.
This legal challenge by a Leon County...
December 21, 2021 - TRA Newswire -
Deja vu. It's back to the Texas Supreme Court for Texas Central Railway as Attorney General Ken Paxton's office has now inserted itself into a lawsuit claiming that the railroad is not a railroad...
December 21, 2021 - Robert J Leilich -
Editor's note: to put this in context, Congressmen Kevin Brady (TX-08), Jake Ellzey (TX-06) and Michael McCaul (TX-10) sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg expressing their continuing opposition to Texas Central...
November 8, 2021 - HoustonPress.com -
Way back when Texas Central was first formulating its plans to construct a highspeed rail line that would tote passengers between Houston and Dallas in just 90 minutes, company officials made vague, broad promises that...
October 16, 2021 - TRA Newswire -
In an unusual move, the Texas Supreme Court announced that it will grant a review of a decision it made earlier this year which showed that high-speed rail builder Texas Central Railway is really...
October 16, 2021 - TRA Newswire -
Texas power grid operator ERCOT has two new governing board members. One is an oil and gas executive and the other new board member is leading the effort to build the first high-speed rail...
October 15, 2021 - TRA Newswire -
Texas high-speed rail investors have announced their intention to form an entity that will develop train stations in Dallas, Houston and Grimes County near College Station, where the permitted Texas Central Railway high-speed rail line terminals will be located....
Updated September 23 2021 - TRA Newswire -
It's complicated.
Start with a project that is one of the largest in scope ever dreamed of in Texas. And in Texas we do dream big. Think larger than building the mega-DFW International Airport...