October 26, 2020 - BaylorLariat.com - Opinion from DJ Ramirez | Sports Editor -

Five hours. It can take up to five hours to get from Houston to Dallas on Interstate 45. Sometimes five and a half or six depending on how long you get stuck in traffic. And you will get stuck in traffic, especially with all the construction that seems to have been going on forever.

Now imagine that instead of driving five hours from Houston to Dallas, or vice versa, you could sit back and enjoy a 90-minute train ride between Texas’ two biggest metropolitan areas.

Texas Central Railroad is very close to making that happen as it plans to begin construction of a 240-mile high-speed rail line between Houston and Dallas by next year.

Read more: https://baylorlariat.com/2020/10/26/all-aboard-the-high-speed-express/