$63.9MM Grant Rescinded From Texas High-Speed Rail Project
HOUSTON – The FRA pulls $63.9 million in federal funds from the proposed Texas High-Speed Rail project that sought to add a high-speed rail route from Houston to Dallas.
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Texas High-Speed Rail Faces Another Obstacle
HOUSTON –– The Texas state legislature has prepared a bill that would prevent the construction of high-speed rail service between Houston and Dallas from interfering with or altering any existing roads or highways, making routing of the proposed service much more difficult.
Look: While Texas Central parties in Japan, houses it owns are suffering from massive hangover
Texas Central has always said it wants to be a good neighbor, but its yard is a total mess.
Texas Central still has a pulse, but residents and landowners demand answers
Landowners involved in Texas Central’s high-speed rail line from Dallas to Houston fired out a flare recently to see if there was any life out there.
August editorial—Is it dead, or is it alive? High-speed rail progress in the U.S.
My son came off looking like an unlucky racoon sprawled across the pavement.
Bells & Whistles—Is high-speed rail back on in Texas after critical court victory?
The top news stories RT&S was covering the week ending July 1.
UPDATED: With no one left in charge, is high-speed rail dead in Texas?
Executives are ghosting high-speed rail in the state of Texas.
Texas Central failed to pay taxes last year, and counties are ready to collect
There are two certainties in life, and one of them is past due for Texas Central.
Bells & Whistles—Texas Central wants billions from feds, but there is fear
The top news stories Railway Track & Structures was following this week.
Bells & Whistles—Woman sues Union Pacific after suffering traumatic brain injury
Texas Central now has a date with the Texas Supreme Court regarding its status as a railroad company Video: Revised fencing for railroad tracks in Del Mar ‘would be devastating,’ says mayor
Texas Central now has a date with the Texas Supreme Court regarding its status as a railroad company
The Texas Supreme Court has changed course on a case involving the Texas Central high-speed rail project.
Bells & Whistles—Is REM behind sinkholes in Montreal park?
The top news stories RT&S was following the week ending Sept. 10.
Texas Central CEO is not optimistic construction will start in six months
During a recent interview the CEO of the Texas Central high-speed rail project did not shed much light on progress. Instead, there appears to be some fog developing.
Texas Central and Renfre ink deal for early operation of high-speed rail project
Texas Central makes a major decision to move it’s high-speed project forward.
Bells & Whistles—New infrastructure deal struck, but there’s a catch
RT&S Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson covers the top stories of the week ending June 25.
Texas Central celebrates two more legal victories, but anti-high-speed rail group vows to continue fight
The Texas Supreme Court will not hear a case on whether or not Texas Central is legally recognized as a railroad company under state law.
Texas Central—the ‘other’ U.S. high-speed rail project
When it comes to high-speed rail in the U.S., the California High-Speed Rail Authority gets a lot of attention in the press.
Permits, a lawsuit and the Texas state legislature are in the way of high-speed rail project
If Texas Central still plans on breaking ground on a high-speed rail project by the first half of 2021, some paperwork needs to be pushed through. The $20 billion project still needs
$205 billion for high-speed rail? The idea has been granted a life
Congressman Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) is attempting to throw a lightning bolt into high-speed rail development in the U.S., an endeavor that has lost its charge over the last decade. Moulton introduced a
Bells & Whistles—5/8/20
Bridge work cranks up at Virgin Trains’ Orlando extension project. MARTA may have to cut, delay light rail projects due to COVID-19. Work continues at LIRR’s Third Track project. Texas Central ruled