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2025 Texas Legislature Rail Issues

Texas Rail Plan

Fair Share For Rail

Amtrak Connects US

Empower 35: Lone Star Rail Corridor with Intercity Passenger Rail

99% For Highways

Texas Rail Plan
Fair Share For Rail
Amtrak Connects US
Empower 35
99% For Highways

Projects to benefit the movement of freight by rail

  • Houston-Beaumont Region Freight Study – September 2021
    (click to view on txtdot.gov)
  • Houston-Beaumont Region Freight Rail Study Appendix A
    (click to view on txtdot.gov)
  • Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Freight Mobility Study – February 2021
    (click to view on txtdot.gov)
  • Rail Bottleneck: Neches River Bridge at Beaumont
  • Restoring the South Orient Railroad and the International Rail Bridge to service at Presidio

Projects to benefit the movement of people by rail

  • Dallas-Houston privately financed high speed rail project (Texas Central’s bullet train)
    (click to view on texascentral.com)
  • DFW High Speed Rail Commission (connecting Fort Worth, Arlington and Dallas)
    (click to view on nctcog.org)
  • Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Freight Mobility Study – February 2021
    (click to view on txtdot.gov)
  • Austin Transit Partnership: Project Connect
    (click to view on capmetro.org)
  • Texas-Oklahoma Passenger Rail Study

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