Conveniently, renewed national interest in rail has invigorated research measuring the applicability of passenger rail services to the United States. This paper seeks to clarify the potential for passenger rail in Texas through comparison and contrast with other regions and nations in the midst of new...
Texas — Texas Central Partners, in connection with the development of a proposed high-speed passenger rail line between Dallas and Houston, Texas (2016–present) Florida — Brightline (formerly All Aboard Florida), in connection with the development of a proposed high-speed passenger rail line be...
“The Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail grant for Virginia is an historic investment that will allow for the construction of the Long Bridge project between DC and Arlington, easing one of the largest bottlenecks in our passenger rail south of D.C., and...
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► Austin-San Antonio rail— The possibility of a fast, relatively frequent regional passenger rail connection (“commuter rail”) between Austin and San Antonio, serving other Central Texas communities as well, is back on the public agenda. Community interest has even emerged to extend this reg...
Texas also hosts three notable commuter/heavy rail systems; theA-Trainserving Denton County via 6 station stops,Trinity Railway Expressserving Dallas/Fort Worth, andCapital MetroRailserving the Austin area. Utah The state of Utah is served only by theCalifornia Zephyrreaching Salt Lake City over th...
the line would connect with Austin’s existing MetroRail regional passenger rail service and serve a spectrum of major commercial and residential developments, established neighborhoods, and activity centers — plus the West Campus, with the third-highest residential density in Texas. All of this was...
www.trainweb.org/kitbaker - Rail Travelogues by Kit BakerWe travel for two reasons: first, to get there, and second, for the journey. For me, the journey's the thing. Even in the midst of taking people around this country by airliner, I became an inveterate train fan...Read More>...
As Amtrak phases out its dining cars on long-distance trains, rail passenger advocates won't go down without a fight, urging Amtrak and Congress to act.
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