December 10, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
Temple-based business executive Drayton McLane Jr., with businesses in both Houston and Dallas, named chairman as Texas Bullet Train moves forward
Says high-speed rail project leverages “the capital and spirit of entrepreneurs,” not taxpayer dollars
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October 19, 2017 - Dennis Goehring, Columnist for The Eagle -
Most of my career has been devoted to economic development for the cities of Bryan and College Station. I've learned that timing and positive decisions will have a lasting impact...
October 5, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
Another key player, WSP USA, joins Texas Central railroad as the company moves ahead on its pre-construction phase of the bullet train project to connect Houston to North Texas.
WSP will provide engineering support as...
September 28, 2017 - Dallas Business Journal -
Dallas-based Matthews Southwest, with support from Texas Central Partners, is putting together a pitch for Amazon's HQ2 campus for the transit-oriented development surrounding the proposed station for the bullet train.
The $5 billion campus could help...
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...
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,...
August 17, 2017 - CW39.com -
Houstonians, as much as we love to hate on our rivals in Dallas, wouldn't it be great if we could get there in a fraction of the four+ hours it takes in a car?
On Thursday,...
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...
August 14, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
Selection of firms signifies important milestone working on design and engineering as high-speed train project moves toward construction
Fluor and Lane would be the preferred design-builder of the North Texas-to-Houston line after development...
July 19, 2017 - TheEagle.com -
Even if it isn't finished until he's 99, former president George H.W. Bush says he wants to ride the proposed high-speed rail train from Houston to Dallas.
According to a report in the Altoona Mirror, Bush's bucket...