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Six Shooters and Bullet Trains: High Speed Rail in Texas

September 21, 2014 By Jeff Fong

California might have some competition in the race for high-speed rail.Texas Central Railway wants to begin construction on a high-speed line from Dallas to Houston as early as 2017. The current plan is to go from downtown to downtown, with possibly one stop along the way in College Station. An … [Read more...]

Filed Under: privatization, Transportation Tagged With: central tetxas railway, high speed rail, Texas, Transportation

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