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Texas Central is making progress in its aim to build the nation's first 'bullet train'

September 20th, 2017
September 20, 2017 - Progressive Railroading - By Julie Sneider, Senior Associate Editor At a ceremony held last month at Houston’s City Hall, Mayor Sylvester Turner could hardly contain his enthusiasm about a proposed 240-mile bullet train between the city and North Texas. Joining...

Gas shortage reveals San Antonio needs better transit options

September 10th, 2017
September 10, 2017 - Express-News Editorial Board - It didn’t have to be this way, San Antonio. We didn’t have to nearly run out of gas over Labor Day weekend. Long lines could have been avoided. The focus could have remained fully on...

Congressman Brady tries to derail the Texas bullet train, again

August 29th, 2017
August 29, 2017 - TRA Commentary - Not satisfied with his earlier anti-Texas bullet train rants and filings, Congressman Kevin Brady (R) Conroe, has filed an amendment to the Omnibus Appropriations Bill to derail the project. And we always thought that Brady,...

What you need to know about Texas Central and high speed trains

August 14th, 2017
August 14, 2017 - TRA Opinion - If we're going to have the first high speed passenger rail line in the country right here in Texas then you need to know the who, what, when, where and why of Texas Central. The...

Texas, Railroad Successes Linked

August 3rd, 2017
TRA Opinion - We Texans have a lot of pride and for good reason. We have great sports teams, great universities, an actively growing population and the second largest economy in the U.S. Even with the energy industry in a bit of...

Newspaper: Passenger rail could be a boon for Oklahoma

July 30th, 2017
July 29, 2017 - TahlequahDailyPress.com - State Reps. Monroe Nichols and Forrest Bennett are on the right side of history - and they're on the side of Oklahomans who believe restoration of a robust passenger rail service could be a boon...

How to pay for Texas' $12 billion bullet train without asking the state for money

July 9th, 2017
Jill Cowan - Economy Writer for Dallas Morning News - Texas Central Partners has repeated its promise time and time again. It will connect Dallas and Houston in 90 minutes with the nation’s first high-speed rail line. And it will get the...

Guest column: Another Amtrak CEO…and flyover country

July 4th, 2017
July 4, 2017 - Commentary by Russ Jackson -  Commerce, Oklahoma (not California) is a small town in the northeast corner of Oklahoma near the Kansas border, population 2,400 hardy souls.  This town sits astride the original Route 66 highway, several...

What We Texans Can Learn from #InfrastructureWeek: Keep Our Options Open

May 26th, 2017
May 25, 2017 - TRA Opinion - Last week was Infrastructure Week in Washington, DC. In the nation’s capital, online, and in cities across the country, advocates made the case for investing in the infrastructure that is the backbone of American prosperity...

Congressman Sessions supports private investment in Texas high speed rail

May 21st, 2017
May 20, 2017 - TRA Newswire - U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions, responding to a letter from one of our Texas Rail Advocates board members affirms his support for private investment in building the first high speed rail line in the country....

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