SNCF America, Texas Central Partners trade barbs over bullet-train proposal

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; September 19, 2018

SNCF America Inc. this week blasted Texas Central Partners for securing a $300 million loan with Japanese backing for the company’s proposed project to build a bullet-train service between Dallas and Houston.

In a prepared statement issued Monday, SNCF officials questioned whether Texas Central would be able to build the project without government help. A private company, Texas Central has long said it will not use government funds to pay for the project.

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