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DART’s downtown rail decisions will affect Dallas for generations to come

October 8th, 2016
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...

KCS Opens New Transload Terminal in Dallas, Texas; Names Watco as Operator

October 7th, 2016
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,...

Regional Transpo Council Seeks Ideas on DFW High-Speed Rail Development

September 28th, 2016
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...

DART approves 2017 budget with money for downtown and suburban rail

September 28th, 2016
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...

Houston-Dallas bullet train faces new legal issues

September 28th, 2016
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...

40 year rail veteran Peter Espy named new Rail Division Director at TxDOT

September 28th, 2016
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...

Texas State Railroad announces October Pumpkin Patch Express for the kids

September 28th, 2016
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...

Texas state representative says Texas Central will survive 2017 session

September 25th, 2016
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...

High-speed rail land dispute lands in Houston court

September 25th, 2016
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...

Will High-Speed Rail Development In Texas Benefit California?

September 25th, 2016
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...

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