德克萨斯中央铁路

路线

2015年8月10日，美国美国运输部和联邦铁路总署出具一份报告并正式批准这条称之为"utility corridor"的铁路兴建计划。
该路线的路轨将大致与290号公路--Hempstead Highway以及以一条货运铁道平行的模式进入休士顿市区。除了头尾两站之外原先还预计将在布拉索斯郡设站以服务邻近的德克萨斯州农工大学但遭到当地市政府反对。
2018年1月，该公司正式公布达拉斯站选站计划并将在西达斯郡西侧设立终点站以及一座连接达拉斯会议中心的行人穿越道，而该计划也是依据联邦铁路总署依据环境影响评估报告建议的位置进行规划。

使用车种

该路线将选用出口版的新干线N700系电联车作为营运车辆。 该车辆与日本新干线不一样的是将仅有八节车厢而非十六节车厢以符合营运需求。

承包商与建设计划

2017年1月，川普政府将该计划列为国家基础建设优先计划之一。
In June 2017, it was stated that construction would begin in 2018 and would support 10,000 jobs during each year of the construction process and 1,000 jobs in each year after that. Also in June 2017, the company announced that it had reached agreement with 福陆公司to advance the preliminary development of the project. Fluor will support the project during the preliminary development by refining the project’s engineering, design-build cost estimate, schedule and construction planning, and potentially further phases of development. Fluor and its partners would be the preferred design-builder of the project. On September 13 2018, the company earned a $300 million loan for permitting, design and engineering. The company selected Salini Impregilo to lead the civil construction consortium that will build the Texas passenger line, to the top of the rails, including viaducts, embankments and drainage. Construction is now slated to begin in 2019 and end in 2024.
截至2018年11月10日 the Federal permitting dashboard shows that the date for the Record of Decision is March 27, 2020. Since construction cannot start until the completion of the NEPA process, it would appear that earliest work could start would be late 2019 or early 2020 and would take up to 6 years. the company currently has 30% of needed land acquisitions needed for construction.

法律争议

In a December 2016 summary judgement, a Harris County court ruled that the Texas Central Railroad does not have the power to require private landowners to allow their land to be surveyed for possible future eminent domain purchases. The case, Texas central Railroad and Infrastructure vs Calvin House, was prosecuted by the railroad against a landowner that refused to allow survey crews onto his land.
In 2017, Grimes County won an injunction against Texas Central Railroad that prevents the company from performing any surveys that damage or alter any county roads or right-of-ways.
In February 2019, a Leon County district judge ruled that Texas Central is not a railroad company and therefore does not have the right to conduct surveys on private land.