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A new report on behalf of Dallas officials revealed that the Dallas-Houston rail network could provide $5 billion to Texas's ...

However, it remains unclear who will represent the railroad publically. Carlos Aguilar stepped down as president and CEO of Texas Central in June of last year. Since his departure, very few ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) -Texas Central Railroad & Infrastructure’s next steps remain a mystery even after ninety-three property owners across nine Texas counties recently reached out to the company ...

Justice Debra Lehrmann found in a June 24 opinion that the entities behind the Texas Central Railroad have that authority under the state transportation code—upholding an appeals court decision ...

Texas Central Railroad & Infrastructure, Inc. and Integrated Texas Logistics, Inc., Case No. 20-0393 (“Texas Central”), decided on Friday, June 24. The Court held that Texas Central has the authority ...

The Texas Central Railroad & Infrastructure's long-delayed high-speed rail project received a much-needed win from the Texas Supreme Court, but its future remains clouded by financial woes and a ...

We therefore affirm the court of appeals’ judgment. Background Texas Central Railroad & Infrastructure, Inc. (Texas Central Railroad) was formed in December 2012 as TXHS Railroad, Inc. In ...

In June 2022, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that Texas Central Railroad & Infrastructure Inc., the company spearheading the high-speed rail project, had eminent domain authority to take private ...

The company was renamed to Houston and Texas Central in 1856 and extended the line to 81 miles to Millican, a small town between Houston and College Station. Then the Civil War put the railroad on ...

That case, brought by a Texas farmer against the Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company, was over the company pumping groundwater from near the farmer’s well. The court ruled against the farmer.