Updated March 18, 2021 - TRA Austin -
Update: A number of bills which are being supported by Texas Rail Advocates can be found on our Under The Dome 2021 rail issues webpage http://texasrailadvocates.org/2021-texas-legislature-rail-issues/
Those include a significant bill filed before the...
July 27, 2019 -TRA Newswire -
The fuss was all over a one and a half inch pin that surveyors for Texas Central Railway had placed on a Grimes County, Texas road.
This week the 14th Court of Appeals in Houston reversed...
April 17, 2019 - TRA Austin -
anti-bullet train bills were left pending in committee
Into the midnight hour today a special House Transportation sub-committee heard 11 bills that were all designed to slow down or kill a private enterprise building...
April 6, 2019 - TRA Austin -
The following rail bill has been scheduled for a hearing on Monday in the House Judiciary and Jurisprudence Committee.
HB 4219- Relating to the enforceability of certain contracts to acquire real property for a high-speed...
April 5, 2019 - TRA Austin -
On Wednesday the House Transportation Committee created a subcommittee that will be the new battleground for high-speed rail bills.
Almost all the high-speed bills that have not been heard at this time have now landed...
June 8, 2017 - WeathefordDemocrat.com -
AUSTIN — They’re still working on the railroad, but while advocates of the high-speed train linking Dallas and Houston remain bullish about getting off the drawing board and on track, new barriers could loom.
“We’re going...
May 12, 2017 - KBTX.com -
The battle over high-speed rail through the Brazos Valley has been raging for years now, and it continues in courtrooms and the state capitol.
As Texans await legislative action, First News at Four invited representatives from...