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 Turner at the event were representatives of Texas Central Partners LLC, the private company that plans to build a high-speed rail system based on Japan’s Shinkansen N700 technology to transport passengers from Houston to North Texas in about 90 minutes.
The Aug. 17 ceremony was organized to sign a joint agreement in which the city pledged its support for the project, which is estimated to cost between $10 billion and $15 billion. Under the memorandum of understanding (MOU), Texas Central pledged to work with Houston officials on economic development, jobs creation and traveler-friendly connections between the future train station and the greater Houston region.
Read more: http://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_rail/article/Texas-Central-is-making-progress-in-its-aim-to-build-the-nationaposs-first-aposbullet-trainapos--52676?source=pr_digital3/22/17&email=peter@texasrailadvocates.org
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 Turner at the event were representatives of Texas Central Partners LLC, the private company that plans to build a high-speed rail system based on Japan’s Shinkansen N700 technology to transport passengers from Houston to North Texas in about 90 minutes.
The Aug. 17 ceremony was organized to sign a joint agreement in which the city pledged its support for the project, which is estimated to cost between $10 billion and $15 billion. Under the memorandum of understanding (MOU), Texas Central pledged to work with Houston officials on economic development, jobs creation and traveler-friendly connections between the future train station and the greater Houston region.
Read more: http://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_rail/article/Texas-Central-is-making-progress-in-its-aim-to-build-the-nationaposs-first-aposbullet-trainapos--52676?source=pr_digital3/22/17&email=peter@texasrailadvocates.org