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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...

Public testimony on rail bill reveals new details on Houston-Dallas high-speed rail project

April 2nd, 2025
April 1, 2025 - KBTX.com, Donnie Tuggle -A Texas House committee heard testimony Monday on legislation aimed at blocking public funds from supporting construction linked to the proposed Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail project.While the debate isn’t new, Texas Central’s representative disclosed...

Twelfth of a Series: Amtrak-Sponsored Texas HSR Takes a Step Closer – But to What?

March 11th, 2025
March 10, 2025 - RailwayAge.com, David Peter Alan -The big buzz and bigger controversy around Texas during the past several years has been a proposal by a company called Texas Central to build and operate a high-speed rail line between...

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...

The parade of bad rail bills continues; anti-rail speed rail and now anti-light rail

February 24th, 2025
February 24, 2025 - TRA Austin -The flip-side to some important rail legislation proposed each session in Austin, like improving at-grade rail crossings and expanding passenger rail service in Texas, is the gaggle of anti-high speed rail bills that always...

Brazos Valley leaders meet with lawmakers to oppose federal funding for high-speed rail

February 24th, 2025
February 16, 2025 - KBTX.com - Local leaders from across the Brazos Valley traveled to Washington, D.C., last week as part of the Brazos Valley Council of Governments (BVCOG) to discuss regional priorities, including infrastructure, broadband access, and opposition to the...

Texas Legislature 2025: Will this be the year intercity passenger rail, high-speed or conventional, takes off in Texas?

January 1st, 2025
January 1, 2025 - TRA Commentary - It's not for a lack of trying. It's been fits and starts for over several decades when it comes to high-speed rail in Texas. And frankly, it hasn't been much better for the expansion of...

High-speed rail efforts in Texas have gained some momentum. The Texas Legislature and Donald Trump may change that.

December 10th, 2024
December 10, 2024 - TexasTribune.com, Joshua Fechter -A years long effort to bring high-speed rail to Texas has recently shown signs of life, but state lawmakers have consistently put up roadblocks to keep it from happening.The illusive dream of high-speed...

Reps. Harris and Harrison file two bills to kill high speed rail in Texas

November 25th, 2024
November 24, 2024 - TRA Newswire -It's deja vu at the state capitol as anti high-speed rail bills are filed in advance of the start of the 2025 legislative session in mid-January.Two bills for the 2025 session have been filed...

Texas Senator Eckhardt files bill for high speed rail in the I-35 DFW-Austin-San Antonio Corridor

November 25th, 2024
November 25, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Right on the heels of Texas Representative John Bucy III's pre-filed bill that would bring high-speed rail to the I-35 travel corridor, State Senator Sarah Eckhardt (D) Austin,  filed Senate Bill 424 as a...

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