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…

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Rail advocate: High speed train needed for Texas

  By Jimmy Daniell Isaac, Longview News-Journal; September 12, 2018 KILGORE — In six years, a new mode of travel…

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Texas Central receives $300 Million loan from Japanese

Lawmakers not throwing in the towel on FAA By BRIANNA GURCIULLO, With help from Tanya Snyder, Politco Morning Transportation; September…

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California, Texas riding different tracks to high-speed rail

By David Castellon, The Business Journal; August 31, 2018 For nearly eight years, Californians have engaged in a deep and…

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Brightline Texas? Brightline Examines Expanding Outside Florida

By Mike Vogel, Florida Trend Magazine; May 14, 2018 As privately owned and run intercity passenger train Brightline begins service…

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Why the makers of Texas’ high-speed rail line want to connect to Amtrak

By Gordon Dickson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; May 9, 2018 Texans who look forward to the day when they can take…

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Texas Central, Amtrak Reach Agreement to Link Bullet Train and Amtrak’s Interstate Passenger Network

A press release from Texas Central Partners; May 4, 2018: Plans call for through-ticketing for interstate travel, marketing collaboration and…

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Texas: Fort Worth high-speed passenger-rail study gets funding

  By John Austin, State Reporter, Athens Review; April 27, 2018 AUSTIN — Backers continue to move along on plans…

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Texas: Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail plan will make Texas’ I-35 corridor a loser, competitor says

By Ray Leszcynski, Communities, The Dallas Morning News; April 2, 2018 One of the world’s largest train operators says that…

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Texas Central blasts SNCF’s comments about Dallas-Houston bullet train

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; March 13, 2018 Texas Central Partners officials are striking back at comments made last week by…

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Discovering the romance of America on an Amtrak train

By Brian Pendreigh, The Herald Scotland; March 10, 2018 IT WAS a little after 8pm and the metallic silver giant…

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High-speed hopes: Timeline of the Texas bullet train

By Bill Hethcock, Staff Writer, Dallas Business Journal, March 6, 2018 If you’re wondering whether the Texas bullet train is…

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Texas sheriffs say high-speed rail developers excluded them from planning, but company officials say that’s not true

By Ray Leszcynski, Communities, The Dallas Morning News; March 1, 2018 Texas Central Partners responded Thursday to accusations that top…

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Opinion: The Texas bullet train marries environmentalism, capitalism

By Trammell S. Crow, Contributor, The Dallas Morning News; February 23, 2018 The Texas Bullet Train got a big boost…

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Bullet train sparks fight as old as Texas: progress v tradition

By Dug Begley, Houston Chronicle; February 16, 2018 COTTON GIN, Texas – William Shelton will not let go of the…

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Texas Central responds to High Speed Rail comments

From Staff Reports, Corsicana Daily Sun; February 15, 2018 Texas Central, the company behind the High Speed Rail project, reached…

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Texas: Northwest Mall could gain new life as terminal for Houston-Dallas bullet train

By Dug Begley, Houston Chronicle; February 6, 2018 Once a Houston destination for shopping, movies and visits with Santa, the…

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Texas: Residents cry out a unanimous ‘No’ to bullet train

By Patrick Sparks, Corsicana Daily Sun; February 1, 2018 Boondoggle, boondoggle, boondoggle. That word was thrown around numerous times concerning…

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Texas Editorial Opinion: Don’t bet against high-speed train

An Editorial From The Denton Record-Chronicle; January 31, 2018 The plan to build a high-speed passenger rail line between Dallas…

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Texas Central announces proposed downtown Dallas high-speed rail station site

By Ray Leszcynski, Communities, Dallas News, The Dallas Morning News; January 29, 2018 Texas Central Partners announced this morning that…

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Texas: High-speed train developer reveals plans for Grimes County passenger station

  By CAITLIN CLARK, The Eagle; January 18, 2018 The private company behind the Dallas-Houston bullet train project released new…

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A bullet train to keep Texas moving

By Drayton McLane Jr., Global Railway Review; January 8, 2018 Half of Texas’ population is linked by Interstate 45, a…

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Texas Bullet Train Moves Ahead with Federal Environmental Report

A press release from Texas Bullet Train: Federal Railroad Administration releases its Draft Environmental Impact Statement on high-speed train Preferred…

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Dallas Beats Houston (at Light Rail), 5 Reasons We Should Follow Their Lead

By Jeff Balke, Houston Press; December 12, 2017 The Dallas versus Houston debate may be old and worn thin, but…

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