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February 25, 2020 | High-speed

Texas Central unveils interior layout for US high-speed fleet

TEXAS Central has released details of the interior layout specifications of the fleet that will operate on the planned 390km, 320km/h Dallas - Houston high-speed line.

November 22, 2019 | News

Texas Central selects railway systems supplier

TEXAS Central, which is developing a new high-speed railway between Dallas and Houston, has signed an early contract involvement agreement with Mass Electric Construction for installation of all necessary power, signalling and communications equipment for the 385km project.

September 16, 2019 | High-speed

Texas Central awards design-build contract to Salini Impregilo

TEXAS Central Railway has awarded a contract to Salini Impregilo and its US subsidiary Lane Construction Corporation to design and construct the planned 390km high-speed line linking Houston with Dallas.

September 11, 2019 | High-speed

FRA grants regulatory approval to Texas high-speed project

THE US Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has granted a Rule of Particular Applicability (RPA) to Texas Central which will regulate systems and operations for the planned high-speed line linking Dallas and Houston.

April 10, 2019 | High-speed

Study finds increased demand for Texas high-speed line

A NEW study has found annual ridership on the Houston and North Texas high-speed service is expected to reach nearly 6 million by 2029, and 13 million by 2050. The Transforming Travel in Texas study carried out by LEK Consulting and released by Texas Central also found 16 million people travelled between Houston and North Texas annually in 2017, up from 14 million in 2015.

December 14, 2018 | High-speed

Texas Central Railway: blazing a trail for privately-funded high-speed rail

Despite producing more than a third of the United States’ crude oil output, urbanisation, rapid economic growth and congestion mean Texans could be getting out of their cars and on to high-speed trains much sooner than most other Americans. Keith Barrow looks at how Texas Central Railway is planning to link Dallas and Houston without a cent of public funding.

October 11, 2018 | High-speed

Renfe and Adif selected as strategic partners for Texas high-speed line

TEXAS Central announced on October 11 that it has selected Renfe and Adif as strategic partners for the operation and maintenance of the 390km, 320km/h Dallas - Houston high-speed line.

October 5, 2018 | High-speed

Salini Impregilo to lead Texas high-speed civil works

TEXAS Central, the developer of a project to build a privately-funded high-speed line between Dallas and Houston, has signed a limited notice to proceed (LNTP) with Salini Impregilo to serve as the lead contractor in the project’s civil construction consortium.

May 3, 2018 | North America

Bechtel to support Texas high-speed project

TEXAS Central announced on May 2 that it has appointed Bechtel to provide project management services for its scheme to develop a privately-funded high-speed line linking Dallas and Houston.

January 30, 2018 | High-speed

Texas Central selects site for Dallas HS station

TEXAS Central, which is planning to build a privately-funded 386km 320km/h railway linking Dallas with Houston, has selected the site for its station in Dallas and says it has reached an agreement with developer Jack Matthews, which owns the site.

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