August 7, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The Regional Transportation Council of the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) voted to send a letter to DC-legislators supporting high-speed rail that would connect the DFW region with greater Houston.The support letter...

July 22, 2025 - Dallasnews.com -John Kleinheinz is the chief executive of Kleinheinz Capital Partners, the leading investor of Texas Central, the company behind the Dallas-Houston high-speed rail project.In an Op-Ed published in the Dallas Morning News, Kleinheinz said:If you...

July 2, 2025 - Environmentamerica.org - Seventeen years after it was first proposed, the vision of a high-speed rail line connecting Dallas and Houston is still just that – a vision. But momentum is building again. New legislation, fresh debates, and...

June 27, 2025 - WFAA.com - The Dallas-to-Houston bullet train project has hit another obstacle.Renfe, the Spain-based railway company contracted as the development’s early operator, has closed American subsidiary company Renfe of America and put it into liquidation. According to a...

June 4, 2025 - newsweek.com -A newly released study projects that the proposed high-speed rail line linking Dallas and Houston could generate a $5 billion annual boost to Dallas County's gross domestic product (GDP) from 2029 to 2050.The analysis, conducted by...

May 29, 2025 - TRA Austin -Today, Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill that singles out and could potentially put a damper on investment in high-speed rail development in Texas.House Bill 2003, filed by rural Representative Cody Harris, (R) Palestine,...

April 9, 2025 - KERA.org, Pablo Arauz Pena - Advocates for rail projects in Texas are staying optimistic about legislation that could bring more trains to the state, including the proposed high-speed rail from Dallas to Houston, despite opposition in Austin. During...

April 4, 2025 - KTBX.com - For the second time in a week, Texas Central officials returned to the Capitol on Thursday, facing growing scrutiny from lawmakers skeptical of the long-delayed high-speed rail project connecting Houston and Dallas.The Subcommittee on Transportation...

April 1, 2025 - Houstonpublicmedia.com -House Bill 1402, written in opposition to the long-planned bullet train between Texas’ two largest cities, would prevent the use of state or local funding to alter roadways for the construction of high-speed rail.State representatives...

January 6, 2025 - FortWorthReport.org, Eric E. Garcia - A pricey legal fight over high-speed rail routes in North Texas could be on the horizon.The Regional Transportation Council, an independent policy group of the North Central Texas Council of Governments, could...