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COVID-19 slowing down Texas Central plans for Dallas-Houston high speed rail

March 29th, 2020
March 27, 2020 - TRA Newswire -  Texas Central High-Speed Rail announced that their planned high-speed rail project from Dallas to Houston could be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. "This is one of those moments where we have to acknowledge how small our world really...

FRA issues high speed safety rules for Texas Central - sets public meetings

March 12th, 2020
Updated March 13, 2020 - TRA Newswire - (Updated to include listing of three public meetings on draft safety regulations) It's called a Rule of Particular Applicability. What it really means is that the Federal Railroad Administration, in the past, never needed...

Landowners and one Congressman still fighting the Texas bullet train

February 26th, 2020
February 26, 2020 - TRA Newswire - As Texas Central Railway awaits the outcome of a federal review to start construction of the 240-mile long high speed rail line between Houston and Dallas, protests from landowners and one Houston area Congressman...

Renfe Inks $6 Bn Deal with Texas Central

February 24th, 2020
February 23, 2020 - Brinkwire - Spanish train operator Renfe on Thursday said it had signed a $6-billion deal with US rail developer Texas Central to design, build and run a high-speed rail line in the United States. In a statement, Spain’s...

Texas Central's new trains: no middle seats, ever

February 24th, 2020
February 18, 2020 - MassTransit.com - (Editor's note: Texas Central previewed their train layout to attendees at the Southwestern Rail Conference on January 24, before this press release was issued). Texas Central has unveiled the first look at the interior layout of...

Congressman Brady demands public hearing for high-speed rail

February 5th, 2020
January 29, 2020 -  Itemonline.com - A high-speed train between Dallas and Houston could be breaking ground this year. However, one local congressman is wanting to tap the breaks on the project, as Texas Central Railroad works to obtain eminent domain power...

How Japanese bullet trains changed the world of rail travel

November 30th, 2019
November 29, 2019 - dhakatribune.com - Not a single passenger has ever been killed or injured on the Shinkansen network over its 55-year history October of 1964 marked the age of Japan's bullet train era, as Tokyo saw a sleek blue trail...

Texas Central announces another key player in Dallas-Houston high speed line

November 22nd, 2019
November 22. 2019 - TRA Newswire - Texas Central Railway has announced another major achievement in their progress to bring high-speed trains to Texas with industry giant Kiewit's involvement. Kiewit’s subsidiary, Mass. Electric, has signed an early works agreement to prepare for...

Houston-to-Dallas high-speed rail project may hold lessons for Austin-San Antonio

November 1st, 2019
November 1, 2019 - TheRivardReport.com - While a San Antonio-to-Austin rail line remains an unrealized dream, a high-speed rail line between Houston and Dallas is much closer to connecting the state’s two largest cities. The 240-mile route would take riders from Houston...

Texas Rail Advocates files STB letter supporting Texas Central

October 2nd, 2019
October 2, 2019 - TRA Newswire - Texas Rail Advocates has filed a letter with the Surface Transportation Board supporting a request from Texas Central Railway to show that a national ticketing agreement with Amtrak should solidify their position as being...

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