October 7, 2016 - Dallas Morning News - Steve Brown -
Last week I stood in the terminal at Love Field and watched a DART train zip by.
It didn't stop — can't stop. There's no station.
That has to be one of the...
October 6, 2016 - TRA Newswire -
Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) announced today that its U.S. subsidiary, The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR), has opened a new, multi-commodity transload terminal at its former Zacha intermodal terminal in Dallas,...
September 29, 2016 - TRA Newswire
Responses to Request for Information due Nov. 18
(Arlington, Texas) – North Texas is poised to be a testing ground for high-speed rail in the US, and the Regional Transportation Council is ready to play a...
September 27, 2016 - Dallas Morning News -
The Dallas Area Rapid Transit board on Tuesday approved a $976 million budget for 2017 that includes funding for two projects that have led to a clash between Dallas and its neighbors.
DART allotted $3.5...
September 27, 2016 - BizJournals.com
A Houston-to-Dallas high-speed rail company has found itself in legal wrangle with a landowner who refuses to let company surveyors on his property.
Dallas-based Texas Central Partners sought a court order in Harris County to allow its...
September 30, 2016 - TRA Exclusive -
Peter Espy, a 40 year transit and passenger/freight rail veteran, has been named Rail Division Director at the Texas Department of Transportation, effective October 1.
Espy holds a Bachelor's degree in economics from Bucknell University...
September 28, 2016 - TRA Newswire -
Every Saturday and Sunday in October the Texas State Railroad’s Pumpkin Patch Express will roll out of the Rusk Depot, headed for their special Halloween site.
Trains will depart at 11:30am and 2:30pm each day for a...
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/texas-news/bullet-train-to-survive-2017-legislature-representative-predicts/325262824September 25, 2016 - WFAA.com
DALLAS - The Texas Central Railway’s bullet train between the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and Houston will survive the next legislative session, but not without some fights, predicted State Rep. Ron Simmons, R-Carrollton.
“I think there will be...
September 23, 2016 - Dug Begley - Houston Chronicle -
A rose is a rose is a rose, but a railroad might actually have to exist to have total legal rights in Texas.
Lawyers for a proposed high-speed rail line between Houston...
September 24, 2016 - CleanTechnica.com
The planned 240-mile Texas Central high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston seems to be coming along well, with it looking increasingly likely that Texas will be the first in North America to become home to...