Texas Central Railway
| Texas Central Partners, LLC | |
|---|---|
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| Overview | |
| Type | High-speed rail |
| Status | Planned |
| Locale | Texas |
| Termini |
Houston Dallas |
| Stations | 2 main stations planned, potential smaller stations along the way |
| Services | 1 initially |
| Operation | |
| Opened | TBA, sometime after 2020 |
| Rolling stock | N700 Series Shinkansen |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | Standard Gauge |
| Operating speed | 205 miles per hour (330 km/h) |
Texas Central or Texas Central Partners, LLC is a private company that is proposing a high-speed rail line between Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston. It plans to use proven technology based on that used by the Central Japan Railway Company. The company plans to use trains that are based on the N700 Series Shinkansen, and has indicated that the journey time would be less than 90 minutes. The company has indicated that service on the line could start as early as 2020, and it would therefore become the second high-speed rail line in North America.
The company is working with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and TxDOT to develop the Environmental Impact Statement required by NEPA.
The CEO is Mr Tim Keith, and he is responsible for the company's finance, development, construction and eventual operations.
In July 2015 the company announced that they had secured $75 million of private funding to allow the project to move forward from feasibility studies to development planning.
In December 2015 the company announced that it had appointed three new executives to help develop the project, all of whom will report to the CEO Tim Keith. Three appointments are as follows:
On August 10, 2015 the U.S. Department of Transportation and Federal Railroad Administration issued a report that supported the so-called utility corridor for the line.
Entering the Houston area, the train line would run parallel to U.S. 290, Hempstead Highway and a freight rail line, before entering near downtown Houston.
In addition to stations at each end of the line, a station is also planned for unincorporated Grimes County, Texas, in order to serve nearby Texas A&M University (the state's largest). However, Grimes County has opposed the project.
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