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TCR officials considering railway stop in northwest Houston area

April 20th, 2016
Texas Central says NW Houston station would serve more passengers April 20, 2016 - communityimpact.com As officials with Texas Central Railway work to determine train station locations for the proposed high speed rail project connecting Houston and Dallas, the northwest Houston area...

ALERT: TX Senate hearing Tuesday re high speed rail

March 28th, 2016
March 28, 2016 - TRA Newswire On Tuesday, March 29th, at 9:00am, in the Senate Chamber, the Texas Senate Affair Committee will be holding a Public Hearing regarding eminent domain and rights of property owners. The interim charge the Committee will...

Dallas Morning News: High-speed rail opponents are shortsighted

March 16th, 2016
March 16, 2016 - Dallas Morning News Editorial As flip-flops go, Brazos Valley Council of Governments’ new opposition to high-speed rail between Dallas and Houston is more than baffling. It is bad policy, too. The regional planner had backed the bullet train...

FRA requests proposals for high speed rail projects - but there's a catch, of course

March 16th, 2016
March 16, 2016 - TRA Newswire The Federal Railroad Administration is asking for interested parties to submit Requests for Proposals (RFP) for high speed rail projects around the country, including potential for fast trains that would traverse the South Central High Speed Rail...

Will Texas nay-sayers be against Interstate-14 like they are against high speed rail?

February 7th, 2016
February 7, 2016 Displaced homeowners, farms and ranches cut in two, 24/7 noise issues, disruption of a rural way of life. It's enough to get country folks boiling mad and it ought to be. No, we are not talking about some Texas and...

Study Would Look At New Options For High-Speed Rail In Houston

December 10th, 2015
December 8, 2015 - Houston Public Media - Gail Delaughter Transportation officials say a link to downtown Houston is crucial to the project. The planned route for Texas Central Railway’s high-speed train between Houston and Dallas would only bring the train as...

Could Texas be getting high-speed rail? Texas Central Partners in development phase

December 9th, 2015
December 7, 2015 - KPRC Houston HOUSTON - Its official name is the ‘Tokaido Shinkansen,’ but Texans may know it as the famous Japanese bullet train. Texas Central Partners is a private group that wants to bring the high-speed rail to Texas. The...

Texas Central unveils more high speed rail plans in series of meetings

December 2nd, 2015
Updated December 3, 2015 - TRA Newswire (Dallas) - The private company that plans to build a high speed rail line between Texas' two largest metro areas kicked off a series of public meetings in Dallas Tuesday, showing the public and...

Texas Central DAL-HOU high speed rail pre-construction partnership announced

October 20th, 2015
October 20, 2015 - Dallas  - (TRA Newswire) Design-build development partnership announced Two world-class design-build firms to provide work valued at $130 million for Texas’ high-speed rail project Backers say commitment shows strong international interest Project reaches 50% milestone in development capital A private group...

Dallas-Houston high speed rail to generate $36billion+ in economic benefits

October 15th, 2015
(Special to TRA) - High-speed rail will spur economic benefits across Texas Independent study projects potential impact of more than $36 billion All counties, cities and school districts touched by the Dallas-to-Houston route will share in the financia l benefits, even before the...

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