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High Speed Rail

Future of Northwest Mall unclear amid Texas High-Speed Rail rumors

  • Apr 25

Feds cut planned $64 million grant for Houston-Dallas high-speed rail

  • Apr 16, 2025

Texas high-speed rail project secures $64M, but obstacles remain

  • Sep 6, 2024

Texas high-speed rail appears back on track with Amtrak agreement

  • Aug 10, 2023

Construction of bullet train from SoCal to Las Vegas set to begin

  • Mar 3, 2023

Texas bullet train faces leadership exodus as land acquisition slows

  • Aug 30, 2022

Texas high-speed rail project's CEO steps down after 6 years

  • Jun 13, 2022

Texas Supreme Court begins rehearing petition against high-speed rail

  • Jan 13, 2022

Latest Videos

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Demolition of mall property owned by organizations once tied to high-speed rail underway

  • May 12
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Uncertainty over future of Northwest Mall as Texas High-Speed Rail could be in development

  • Apr 25
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When work on Texas bullet train could finally begin

  • Feb 26, 2020
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First look at the inside of the Texas High Speed Rail

  • Feb 19, 2020
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Congressman promises to protect landowners near possible high speed rail

  • Feb 2, 2020
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Rep. Brady Opposes Texas high speed rail plans

  • Nov 27, 2019
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High speed rail emergency plan never vetted by sheriffs

  • Mar 2, 2018
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Who's paying for Texas Bullet Train?

  • Feb 20, 2018

Latest Stories

Spain-based Renfe on board as early operator of Texas Central's high-speed rail

With a builder already on board, that long-delayed Houston-to-Dallas railway seems poised to break ground next year.

  • Jul 15, 2021

Moving forward? Texas high-speed rail project between Houston and Dallas gets construction team

The start-stop movement of this landmark project, which calls for 236 miles of rail line to be built, appears to be in motion again.

  • Jun 16, 2021

6 rural Texas counties file lawsuit against Houston-Dallas high speed train

The suit, filed by 6 rural counties, 10 landowners and an anti-rail group, calls out the project's environmental impact.

  • Apr 16, 2021

More than 8 years in, high-speed rail project promising 90-minute trip from Houston to Dallas still lacks permits

In a letter from October, Gov. Greg Abbott said the project had all the necessary permits, but he later had to backtrack.

  • Nov 18, 2020

90-minute trip to Dallas moves closer to reality

The project promises to get you to Dallas in less than two hours, and without battling I-45 traffic.

  • Sep 21, 2020