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USA: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has cancelled a $63·9m Federal Railroad Administration grant for the Amtrak Texas ...
Plans for a new 240-mile high speed rail line between Dallas and Houston in Texas suffered a blow on Monday when U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced an agreement to ...
FRA says walking away from the Texas Central Railway project at this time will allow Amtrak to focus on necessary improvements to deliver more reliability to its current ...
A representative of the Texas Central project was back in front of a state legislative committee on Thursday (April 17), ...
The high-speed bullet train already faced major setbacks with new ownership and land acquisition issues before the Trump admin cut $60M in funding.
“This project was originally announced as a purely private venture, but as the cost estimates dramatically ballooned, the Texas Central Railway proposal became dependent on Amtrak and federal dollars ...
previously known as the Texas Central Railway project. "I am pleased to announce that FRA and Amtrak are in agreement that underwriting this project is a waste of taxpayer funds and a distraction ...
The agreement between the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Amtrak ends the Corridor Identification and Development Program grant awarded to what was formerly known as the Texas Central ...
Plans to build a high-speed passenger rail line between Dallas and Houston are facing another setback with U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's announcement that the Federal Railroad ...
"Through numerous conversations and collaboration, it became clear that we share a commitment to ensuring that projects like the Texas Central Railway do not misuse federal resources," Ellzey said.
The U.S. Department of Transportation nixed a $63.9 million planning grant for the proposed Texas Central route under an agreement between the Federal Railroad Administration and Amtrak.