Amtrak partnering with private company to study and advance Dallas-Houston bullet train

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The national U.S. railroad company made the announcement Wednesday in a news release. The project has been in development for about a decade, and it was left...

The proposed route for the train stretches over 240 miles and would offer a total travel time of less than 90 minutes, according to Amtrak. It aims to replicate the Japanese Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train system.Advertisement

The railroad company claims the plan is estimated to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by over 100,000 tons per year, and its construction and operations would bring “significant economic benefits to the region, including thousands of well-paying construction jobs and nearly one thousand long-term, skilled operations and maintenance positions.”

 

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