High Speed Rail HSR (Houston - DFW Dallas Fort Worth) (FKA Texas Central )

use Dallas Union Station (Terminal). restore the second floor for waiting room and connect to an aerial platflorm 4 tracks above present tracks. Add walkway from 2nd floor to platforms. It is all going to be Amtrak anyway if built.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Union_Station

west point wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2024 8:49 pm use Dallas Union Station (Terminal). restore the second floor for waiting room and connect to an aerial platflorm 4 tracks above present tracks. Add walkway from 2nd floor to platforms. It is all going to be Amtrak anyway if built.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Union_Station

Dallas Union Station is owned by the Hunt family, with the hotel and Reunion Tower across the tracks. Try prying something away from one of the richest families in the country, it is not going to happen easily. Just the tracks and platforms are owned by DART. Amtrak leases the bottom floor, the old baggage area of the station. The upper floor is used by the hotel as a luxurious event area. The last thing the Hunts desire is a modern HSR station destroying the esthetics they have invested so much to create.

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local ... f2cca24ac3

If passed, this bill would give TxDOT the green light for Texas bullet train

A state representative out of Austin pre-filed the bill that, if passed, would give TxDOT the green light to start making plans for a high-speed train.


AUSTIN, Texas — Plans to kickstart a high-speed rail line from North Texas to San Antonio are heading to the state capitol.

A state representative out of Austin pre-filed the bill that, if passed, would give the Texas Department of Transportation the green light to start making plans for the train.

The proposed bill would require TxDOT to pen a development agreement with a private partner.
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Earlier this year, the Federal Railroad Administration gave Amtrak more than $63 million for the much-anticipated Dallas to Houston bullet train project.

The funding will go toward helping Amtrak plan and advance the project that Texas Central Railway started. The rail would connect the two metroplexes by a 90-minute train ride that runs between 10 different counties.

The project has hit several speed bumps over the years trying to purchase the necessary land. So far, they've only acquired around 30% of the total land needed.
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GOP has a 56% majority in the TX House, so my guess this isn't likely to go far.

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Jeff Smith wrote: ↑Thu Nov 28, 2024 7:42 am https://www.khou.com/article/news/local ... f2cca24ac3

Are you seriously suggesting $63 Million from the Federal government is going to convince the State of Texas to ante up $20-30 Billion for a HSR project?
At least $63 Million is far more than the $500 Thousand grant to the Cascades HSR project. Never-the-less, it's just pennies of the entire costs of the proposed project. We might as well be spitting into the wind.