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Bullet Train: Dallas-Houston Rail Gets Federal Approval

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WeBuild Group - The Webuild Group and its U.S. subsidiary and joint-venture partner Lane Construction are a step closer to starting work on a high-speed railway between Dallas and Houston after the publication of two federal decisions on the historic project that will bring a ma...

Board Approves Bullet Train's New 2018 Business Plan

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Kathleen Ronayne - ASSOCIATED PRESS - SACRAMENTO (AP) The board tasked with overseeing California's ambitious high-speed rail project approved a new business plan May 15 and pledged to keep pushing forward even as the plan faces stark financial challenges. “We are going to deliver high-speed rail for the people of C...

Texas Central Names Bechtel Project Manager of Bullet Train

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Texas Central - Texas Central, developers of the high-speed train between North Texas and Houston, announced an agreement on May 2 with Bechtel to work together on project management services. Bechtel has completed more than 300 major train and subway projects, including the Channel Tunnel High Speed 1, ...

Texas Bullet Train Moves Ahead with Federal Environmental Report

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CEG - The Texas Bullet Train has made a big push forward as federal regulators for the first time outlined a preferred route between North Texas and Houston and identified passenger station locations. The Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) analysis, completed after nearly four years of...

Houston, Texas Central Sign Agreement for Bullet Train

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CEG - In a city whose official seal boasts a train as a symbol of progress, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and the Texas Central railroad company reached agreement on Aug. 17 to work together on an economic development and jobs-creating plan for a bullet train that will revolutionize travel in the stat...

Texas Central, Fluor, Lane Move Forward With Bullet Train

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CEG - Texas Central, developer of the investor-owned high-speed train project, announced an agreement with Irving, Texas-based Fluor Enterprises Inc., the primary operating subsidiary of Fluor Corporation and The Lane Construction Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Salini Impregilo, as the proje...

Ca. Sells Billion Dollar Bonds For Bullet Train

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Ralph Vartabedian - LaTimes - The California treasurer sold $1.2 billion in bonds Thursday to help finance construction of high-speed rail in the Central Valley, a significant development after years of delays in tapping the bonds that taxpayers approved in 2008.The move makes clear that Gov. Jerry Brown wants to move ...

Bullet Train Deadline Pushed Back Four Years

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CEG - The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the Obama administration threw the California bullet train project another lifeline Wednesday, extending the schedule by four years for construction of 118 miles of rail through the Central Valley, according to congressional officials.The extension c...

California's Bullet Train Cost Down to $64B

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CEG - SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Officials overseeing California's high-speed rail project are lowering the projected cost to $64 billion, from the previous $68 billion estimate, and will opt to build the first 250 miles of track between San Jose and the Bakersfield area rather than south to Burbank, ...

California Breaks Ground on Bullet Train as Climate Solution

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CEG - FRESNO, Calif. (AP) California broke ground Jan. 6 on its $68 billion high-speed rail system, promising to combat global warming while whisking travelers between Los Angeles and San Francisco in less than three hours.The bullet train project, the first in the nation to get under way, faces...