July 2, 2025 - Environmentamerica.org - Seventeen years after it was first proposed, the vision of a high-speed rail line connecting Dallas and Houston is still just that – a vision. But momentum is building again. New legislation, fresh debates, and...

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...

June 18, 2025 - TRA Newswire - A Union Pacific Railroad pledge states "we will all go home safe." The pledge is now taking on an expanded meaning as the commitment extends beyond their team and customers to the communities they serve...

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...

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....

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...

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...

September 25, 2024 - KBTX.com, Donnie Tuggle -Amtrak is continuing to lay the groundwork to bring a high-speed rail to Texas, with plans to connect Dallas and Houston. Advocates say the proposal could transform the state’s transportation landscape and address...

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...

Updated July 10, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Rail service is in a recovery mode following Hurricane Beryl's push through the Texas Gulf Coast. Union Pacific Railroad reports that "all impacted track segments, with the exception of the Galveston area, have been...