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Transit State of Good Repair conference to be held in Dallas July 23-24

June 30th, 2025
June 30, 2025 - TRA Newswire - Global Mass Transit announces the second edition of its Transit State of Good Repair – South conference, will take place July 23–24, 2025, at Dallas Marriott Suites Medical/Market Center, Texas.The mission of the conference...

Spanish operator Renfe to leave Dallas to Houston bullet train project behind

June 29th, 2025
June 27, 2025 - WFAA.com - The Dallas-to-Houston bullet train project has hit another obstacle.Renfe, the Spain-based railway company contracted as the development’s early operator, has closed American subsidiary company Renfe of America and put it into liquidation. According to a...

Fort Worth transit agency approves 10-year extension with commuter rail contract operator

June 18th, 2025
June 17, 2025 - fortworthreport.org, Eric. E. Garcia -TEXRail, Trinity Metro’s passenger rail line, has a booming ridership — making it the nation’s No. 1 rail system to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said.The smooth and safe operation of...

Texas High-Speed Rail project gets major boost

June 16th, 2025
June 4, 2025 - newsweek.com -A newly released study projects that the proposed high-speed rail line linking Dallas and Houston could generate a $5 billion annual boost to Dallas County's gross domestic product (GDP) from 2029 to 2050.The analysis, conducted by...

Fort Worth investment firm says Texas high-speed rail project is shovel ready as Amtrak involvement winds down

April 15th, 2025
April 15, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Yesterday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that Amtrak will no longer head up the Dallas-Houston high-speed rail project and will step aside so better equipped private sector interests can move the plan forward....

Southwestern Rail Conference: Fight over Fort Worth high-speed route continues as potential funding cuts could affect projects

April 10th, 2025
April 9, 2025 - Forrworthreport.org, Eric E. Garcia -Over the course of April 7-8, rail advocates and industry leaders at the Southwestern Rail Conference in Hurst said they are monitoring state legislation that could affect high-speed rail.“The appetite for high-speed...

Amtrak announces a "Texas Two Step" to find a delivery partner for the DFW/Houston high speed rail project

February 26th, 2025
February 26, 2025 - TRA Newswire - (Updated with Amtrak comment 2/27) -There is movement in the process to bring high-speed rail service to the Lone Star state so Texans can travel between Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston. Amtrak just announced...

North Texas leaders prepare to spend $1M on legal fight related to high-speed rail line

January 9th, 2025
January 6, 2025 - FortWorthReport.org, Eric E. Garcia - A pricey legal fight over high-speed rail routes in North Texas could be on the horizon.The Regional Transportation Council, an independent policy group of the North Central Texas Council of Governments, could...

Dallas leaders tout high-speed rail during Japan visit

November 13th, 2024
November 12, 2024 - nbcdfw.com - 'Dallas Councilmembers Willis and Bazaldua talked about economic development and high-speed rail potential while aboard a Japanese bullet train.A delegation of Dallas city leaders returned to North Texas late Tuesday from a week-long, taxpayer-financed...

Wake up! High-speed rail Dallas to Houston: it's still moving along

September 1st, 2024
September 1, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Despite some naysayers saying that the high-speed rail project between Dallas and Houston is DOA and others trying their best to kill it, there is still slow but steady movement on this critical infrastructure...

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