I think it will be pretty cool when finished, specially as people travel more often. Also, Texas is one of the fastest growing states in the USA, so it could benefit greatly from it.
So, I hate to be that guy because I desperately want this to happen, but it looks like this project is dead because Texas Central is next to defunct. No correspondence with the landowners nor their lawyers about the land, no corporate leadership and the budget for has gotten astronomically expensive due to inflation. The homeowners that don't wanna sell and the automobile/airline cartel don't want high speed rail to take off in the USA. I want this to happen because I experienced riding the rails in Spain (Renfre). America needs this.
I wish the High Speed Rail projects in Texas successful as soon as possible so that the GOP in California don't interrupt the HSR California and the GOP become the conservative Republicans in the old days before 1980.
@@TheQuintessentialBM Do you remember what Malcolm said in the movie, Jurassic park? He said, "life finds a way." Life will noit be contained, it will break through barriers violently if necessary. " California is doing quite well now with their highspeed rail. Ofcourse the American people are going to criticize, this is the reason why the United States of America cant advance. That's nothing but a barrier. Break through it..
Screw the carbon emissions BS, the lives saved alone from there being less cars on the road makes it all totally worth it, if we had high speed rail connecting Houston, Dallas, AND San Antonio in a triangle, we could probably cut highway accidents down a significant percentage.
Big oil unfortunately doesn't care . This goes hand in hand with red politicians. In reality it's all rigged and corrupt, and south states face a insurmountable uphill battle at the prospect of ever reaching adequate and efficient public transportation systems within the large metro areas because of it. Either way, I'm optimistic.
We need this! A hi-speed rail system would be great to have in Texas, as long as it is done right. The terminals should offer the same services as airports: car rental, shuttle service to nearby hotels, be uber/cab friendly, etc. Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio should be the main connected cities. I'd even add Lake Charles, Louisiana and get the state of Louisiana to pitch in on the bill in exchange for the gambling revenue generated by Texas visitors.
Labor cost and acquisition of land issues. If the US really wants an average speed > 200km/h bullet train, the cost will be ever higher since elevated structures are a must.
If only the Texas bullet train could connect Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio! That be the best investment in Texas Transportation. Helping Texas/US/ International Businesses , college students, tourism, Texas citizens, reducing traffic/ traffic accidents, improving air quality and benefiting the environment, and many more!
As of right now the project is currently in a stalemate. They might have been given the right to use emminent domain but leadership has abandoned the project and no one has stood up to replace it. Is work still happen? Yes most likely but no major building or partnerships will be happening any time soon.
The Texas Central Project is dead because it is NOT economically feasible as a strictly private sector undertaking. For the exciting and highly desirable project to be viable, it would need substantial financial assistance from the public sector, at the federal, state, and local levels. Unfortunately, no such assistance is currently available. We love trains, but our passion for them is not shared by most travellers, who are wedded to their cars.
*All infrastructure is subsidized.* We need politicians to start introducing laws to rip up roads, sewers, fire hydrants, police stations, flood control levees, etc. because they aren't profitable.
@@norwegianblue2017 I know it wouldn't. Texas always talks about how great and better at manual labor they are. I want them to put their money where their mouth is
@@interspect_ chill lol, youre going to up root carls entire identity if he learns how much science has help his life. He'll have an early mid late life whatever, crisis.
It is a good idea. I want it to go ahead, I would only change one thing. Add a regional train to the route that makes lots of stops on the way that way local communities can also get the benefit of it not just those trying to travel between Dallas, Houston and the University. Also good public transportation at either end should be a top priority.
And *California* went *no* *where* LOL, How long as in been in development? By the scam upper echelon? You might as well ask them, How much profit did you make from the Cake? Maybe to send them to the *Prestige* *Harvard?*
This country is painfully far behind our Euro/Asian counterparts in basic infrastructure. I've ridden on HSR in Germany, South Korea, and Japan. It's amazing and there's just no reason this shouldn't have been put in place 20+ years ago.
Hopefully we can get an audit of the costs so it doesn’t become as wasteful as the one in CA. You will lose a lot by mentioning climate change. Soon it can form a triangular route including San Antonio and Austin. Then New Orleans and Oklahoma City
Texas Central HSR is a great development but don't exaggerate. Northeast Corridor HSR is being upgraded as I write. California HSR is under construction and will run faster between larger metro areas than Texas Central. California HSR and Northeast Corridor HSR are technically models to follow in other HSR corridors to come.
Get ready to get a shocking increase in the project's cost. California's initial approximation for its HSR was amounting to $20 billion. The amount incurred so far is $110 billion and its only in the Central Valley (excluding LA and SF basin).
Wrong. 2023 estimate for completion of Merced-Bakersfield (central valley) is 28B. The estimate for the entire phase 1 is 88-127B. Also the original approximation for phase 1 was 33 billion no 20 billion.
If some sections are not going well because of the opposition of land expropriation by polar landowners (forces opposed to high-speed rail), it would be better to build high-speed rails as underground routes in those sections. 50m to 60m deep. There is no reason why high-speed trains should be delayed because of some sections. S.korea(selul-Busan Gyeongbu and Suseo-dongtan Suseo High-speed Railway), China, and even some other countries in Europe have high-speed trains made underground in some sections, but there is no need to build them only above ground or overpass. You can take a high-speed train in another country or look up an encyclopedia and actively deal with it. Because there is nothing wrong.
Bro when you mention the Bullettrain you always show clips of a chinese high speed train as well. Pretty damn sure no chinese train is comming to the US
COUPLE OF comments. first, the key word used throughout the video is 'between'. what happens when the traveler gets to either main station? there is no meaningful mass transit that gets travelers to where they need to go. so taxi/uber/lyft? or rental car. all of which adds to the travel cost, both in money and time. second, the notion that traffic will be reduced is absurd on the face of it. traffic expands to fill the available space. look at the highway construction results anywhere. so, for every car it 'removes' there will be at least one replacement. as population increases in the megalopolis area, so will vehicle traffic. third, it will be more expensive than anyone thinks. cited in the video were rails and equipment. nothing said about land acquisition and the travails of eminent domain, the power plants needed to generate the 10's of thousands of volts nor the infrastructure to supply that power along the line. in 1992 the Bundesbahn, arguably one of the best managed and modern rail systems in the world, was losing DM1billion per year. it hasn't improved that performance much especially having had to rebuild the former East German lines and equipment. and train travel is/was not inexpensive. one paid by the kilometer. the saving grace for this system is that it is linked to an incredibly effective mass transit system linking streetcar, subway, rapid transit light rail, and buses to transport travelers to the nearly exact location needed. the 'climate' benefits are questionable at best, decidedly unproven at this point. all the foregoing said, i would really like to see high speed rail in this country.
It's fascinating that the project will cost $15-20B when the expansion projects and improvement and infrastructure support projects just for DFW and IAH airports will exceed $120B in a 40 year period... and it'll cost around $29-79 each way, be faster door to door, downtown to downtown than flying. More comfortable too. Consider that it takes 8 planes to hold as many people as one train, one train costs $40M and needs 1 driver... 8 planes cost $1.1B and need 16 pilots who need high wages. No wonder so many lobbyists are trying to destroy rail... last thing, if people spend less to travel between the cities and travel more often, they'll have far more disposable income in their pockets when they arrive at their destinations than if they flew... that's more money to spend at local area businesses... think about that...
Finish date? The answer is they never wanted it finished. Who you going to call if you want it built fast, cheaper, and better? Why, the infrastructure maniacs for sure. They could do this easy task in less than 2 years. Are there any hard rock mountains to bore thru? Any 1000 foot gorges to bridge over? No. Any shifting sands or perma frost? As i say, if they wanted it done they would have called the country you all hate.
As long as Auto companies, and SW Airlines are there, this will never happen and they will do everything in their power to make this fail. This has been tried several times in the last 35 years that i know of and lobbyists will do what it takes to not materialize. Texas would rather build miles and miles of Toll roads but not rail links. Now even if the Bullet train becomes reality how to do people commute from Houston / Dallas to their respective city destinations? Will they spend $60 to 80 to travel 3o miles from bullet train stations. There is absolutely NO MEANINGFUL MASS TRANSIT IN TEXAS CITIES.
ROFL. It takes longer than that just to get through DFW security half the time, and often takes longer the 90 minutes after landing to even be able to leave the airport. I know, I've sat on that tarmac many times.
Never going to happen - it's too expensive. The price will be much higher than projected. And there's no way this could be completed in four years. This video does not explain how it has been "greenlit" because it hasn't been.
Texas has a great idea but for the last few years and for the next few year to come it seems like all they're doing is talking. We'll see when the day comes they stop talking and begin doing......
this is just day dreaming and short of specifics. Who is building this? Who award this contract? Such a big project but no face of any politicians....this is so bull....
Pretty cool. You will be able to make from Houston to Dallas faster than Houston to the suburbs.
That's the truth.
LMAO
I think it will be pretty cool when finished, specially as people travel more often. Also, Texas is one of the fastest growing states in the USA, so it could benefit greatly from it.
Thanks for your input!
So, I hate to be that guy because I desperately want this to happen, but it looks like this project is dead because Texas Central is next to defunct. No correspondence with the landowners nor their lawyers about the land, no corporate leadership and the budget for has gotten astronomically expensive due to inflation.
The homeowners that don't wanna sell and the automobile/airline cartel don't want high speed rail to take off in the USA.
I want this to happen because I experienced riding the rails in Spain (Renfre). America needs this.
@@TheQuintessentialBM Thanks for your comment! I think you make many great points!
I wish the High Speed Rail projects in Texas successful as soon as possible so that the GOP in California don't interrupt the HSR California and the GOP become the conservative Republicans in the old days before 1980.
@@TheQuintessentialBM Do you remember what Malcolm said in the movie, Jurassic park? He said, "life finds a way." Life will noit be contained, it will break through barriers violently if necessary. " California is doing quite well now with their highspeed rail. Ofcourse the American people are going to criticize, this is the reason why the United States of America cant advance. That's nothing but a barrier. Break through it..
Screw the carbon emissions BS, the lives saved alone from there being less cars on the road makes it all totally worth it, if we had high speed rail connecting Houston, Dallas, AND San Antonio in a triangle, we could probably cut highway accidents down a significant percentage.
Big oil unfortunately doesn't care . This goes hand in hand with red politicians. In reality it's all rigged and corrupt, and south states face a insurmountable uphill battle at the prospect of ever reaching adequate and efficient public transportation systems within the large metro areas because of it. Either way, I'm optimistic.
I def agree but the reduction in carbon emissions is definitely no bs
AND Austin
We need this! A hi-speed rail system would be great to have in Texas, as long as it is done right. The terminals should offer the same services as airports: car rental, shuttle service to nearby hotels, be uber/cab friendly, etc. Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio should be the main connected cities. I'd even add Lake Charles, Louisiana and get the state of Louisiana to pitch in on the bill in exchange for the gambling revenue generated by Texas visitors.
I wanna see the N500 Hello Kitty version in US.
I just saw another video saying it was canceled and the office was closed. I don't think anyone knows what's going on.
I just did some research, it is not cancelled however progress is slowing which is worrisome. I hope it can continue
Labor cost and acquisition of land issues. If the US really wants an average speed > 200km/h bullet train, the cost will be ever higher since elevated structures are a must.
If only the Texas bullet train could connect Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio! That be the best investment in Texas Transportation. Helping Texas/US/ International Businesses , college students, tourism, Texas citizens, reducing traffic/ traffic accidents, improving air quality and benefiting the environment, and many more!
As of right now the project is currently in a stalemate. They might have been given the right to use emminent domain but leadership has abandoned the project and no one has stood up to replace it. Is work still happen? Yes most likely but no major building or partnerships will be happening any time soon.
Cant wait to check this it out in 2050.
Good luck ....
The Texas Central Project is dead because it is NOT economically feasible as a strictly private sector undertaking. For the exciting and highly desirable project to be viable, it would need substantial financial assistance from the public sector, at the federal, state, and local levels. Unfortunately, no such assistance is currently available. We love trains, but our passion for them is not shared by most travellers, who are wedded to their cars.
I hate to say it but it is our love for the automobile that killed passenger rail in America.
highways aren't profitable either but that doesn't stop them from being made, why does the same have to apply to trains??
*All infrastructure is subsidized.* We need politicians to start introducing laws to rip up roads, sewers, fire hydrants, police stations, flood control levees, etc. because they aren't profitable.
Cmon texans. This is a challenge as a californian for yall to try and do it better and faster
As a Californian looking at how long CAHSR is taking, I would absolutely hate to see Texas build a line before us 😢 Show us up Texas!
Not hard to beat the CAHSR. Utter fiasco!
@@norwegianblue2017 I know it wouldn't. Texas always talks about how great and better at manual labor they are. I want them to put their money where their mouth is
planning like moon landing 😁
Yeah but this will benefit everyone and not just a certain few from the science community.
@@carlsmith5545 Hmmm I wonder how you're watching this video now?
@@interspect_ chill lol, youre going to up root carls entire identity if he learns how much science has help his life.
He'll have an early mid late life whatever, crisis.
It is a good idea. I want it to go ahead, I would only change one thing. Add a regional train to the route that makes lots of stops on the way that way local communities can also get the benefit of it not just those trying to travel between Dallas, Houston and the University. Also good public transportation at either end should be a top priority.
I’m all for a bullet train in America but I don’t think it’s going to happen in Texas. The company is bankrupt and they have no leadership.
And *California* went *no* *where* LOL, How long as in been in development? By the scam upper echelon?
You might as well ask them, How much profit did you make from the Cake? Maybe to send them to the *Prestige* *Harvard?*
These routes are meant to be from point A to B.
@Malachai Carter So how much money did you make? Did you get to send your kids to the *Harvard?*
Then it wouldn't be high speed.
“Next”? The US doesn’t have any bullet trains
Not sure if it qualifies as a "bullet train", but the brand new Brightline in Florida is pretty nice.
has not the board of directors of the company in charge been recently disbanded?
This country is painfully far behind our Euro/Asian counterparts in basic infrastructure. I've ridden on HSR in Germany, South Korea, and Japan. It's amazing and there's just no reason this shouldn't have been put in place 20+ years ago.
Need this to SF to LA.
Should have started with San Diego to LA. The two largest cities in the state and connect to the international border with Mexico.
Hopefully we can get an audit of the costs so it doesn’t become as wasteful as the one in CA.
You will lose a lot by mentioning climate change. Soon it can form a triangular route including San Antonio and Austin. Then New Orleans and Oklahoma City
Texas Central HSR is a great development but don't exaggerate. Northeast Corridor HSR is being upgraded as I write. California HSR is under construction and will run faster between larger metro areas than Texas Central. California HSR and Northeast Corridor HSR are technically models to follow in other HSR corridors to come.
Checkout my video in the California High Speed Rail: ruclips.net/video/OYBswmHdJko/видео.html
Wait 20 more years the project will begin.
Get ready to get a shocking increase in the project's cost. California's initial approximation for its HSR was amounting to $20 billion. The amount incurred so far is $110 billion and its only in the Central Valley (excluding LA and SF basin).
Wrong. 2023 estimate for completion of Merced-Bakersfield (central valley) is 28B. The estimate for the entire phase 1 is 88-127B. Also the original approximation for phase 1 was 33 billion no 20 billion.
If some sections are not going well because of the opposition of land expropriation by polar landowners (forces opposed to high-speed rail), it would be better to build high-speed rails as underground routes in those sections. 50m to 60m deep. There is no reason why high-speed trains should be delayed because of some sections.
S.korea(selul-Busan Gyeongbu and Suseo-dongtan Suseo High-speed Railway), China, and even some other countries in Europe have high-speed trains made underground in some sections, but there is no need to build them only above ground or overpass. You can take a high-speed train in another country or look up an encyclopedia and actively deal with it. Because there is nothing wrong.
The issue is underground is much more costly than elevated structures.
Bro when you mention the Bullettrain you always show clips of a chinese high speed train as well. Pretty damn sure no chinese train is comming to the US
DOA. Texas Central CEO and BOD all resigned.
COUPLE OF comments. first, the key word used throughout the video is 'between'. what happens when the traveler gets to either main station? there is no meaningful mass transit that gets travelers to where they need to go. so taxi/uber/lyft? or rental car. all of which adds to the travel cost, both in money and time. second, the notion that traffic will be reduced is absurd on the face of it. traffic expands to fill the available space. look at the highway construction results anywhere. so, for every car it 'removes' there will be at least one replacement. as population increases in the megalopolis area, so will vehicle traffic. third, it will be more expensive than anyone thinks. cited in the video were rails and equipment. nothing said about land acquisition and the travails of eminent domain, the power plants needed to generate the 10's of thousands of volts nor the infrastructure to supply that power along the line. in 1992 the Bundesbahn, arguably one of the best managed and modern rail systems in the world, was losing DM1billion per year. it hasn't improved that performance much especially having had to rebuild the former East German lines and equipment. and train travel is/was not inexpensive. one paid by the kilometer. the saving grace for this system is that it is linked to an incredibly effective mass transit system linking streetcar, subway, rapid transit light rail, and buses to transport travelers to the nearly exact location needed. the 'climate' benefits are questionable at best, decidedly unproven at this point. all the foregoing said, i would really like to see high speed rail in this country.
It's fascinating that the project will cost $15-20B when the expansion projects and improvement and infrastructure support projects just for DFW and IAH airports will exceed $120B in a 40 year period... and it'll cost around $29-79 each way, be faster door to door, downtown to downtown than flying. More comfortable too. Consider that it takes 8 planes to hold as many people as one train, one train costs $40M and needs 1 driver... 8 planes cost $1.1B and need 16 pilots who need high wages. No wonder so many lobbyists are trying to destroy rail... last thing, if people spend less to travel between the cities and travel more often, they'll have far more disposable income in their pockets when they arrive at their destinations than if they flew... that's more money to spend at local area businesses... think about that...
LA to Las Vegas will be done first! Watch!
It probably will, also since brightline has the experience with other projects and some funding already.
Undecided completion date, though.
Finish date? The answer is they never wanted it finished. Who you going to call if you want it built fast, cheaper, and better? Why, the infrastructure maniacs for sure. They could do this easy task in less than 2 years. Are there any hard rock mountains to bore thru? Any 1000 foot gorges to bridge over? No. Any shifting sands or perma frost? As i say, if they wanted it done they would have called the country you all hate.
As long as Auto companies, and SW Airlines are there, this will never happen and they will do everything in their power to make this fail. This has been tried several times in the last 35 years that i know of and lobbyists will do what it takes to not materialize. Texas would rather build miles and miles of Toll roads but not rail links. Now even if the Bullet train becomes reality how to do people commute from Houston / Dallas to their respective city destinations? Will they spend $60 to 80 to travel 3o miles from bullet train stations. There is absolutely NO MEANINGFUL MASS TRANSIT IN TEXAS CITIES.
How do the thousands of people who fly between DFW and HOU every day without bringing their cars in the overhead bin get around?
You nimby Texans need to stop against High Speed Rail. This is a new future, get rid of the some waste land.
Tax payers will not foot the bill on this politicians 🚫🛑❌
Today Yucatan Tren Maya is almost complete. December, 2023. U S A can't build anything!! ANYMORE
@3:21- 90 minutes significantly faster than a commercial is total BS. You can fly this route in about 40 minutes
ROFL. It takes longer than that just to get through DFW security half the time, and often takes longer the 90 minutes after landing to even be able to leave the airport. I know, I've sat on that tarmac many times.
Texas has no idea how to finance this and boasts not applying for government grants. Not holding my breath on this dream project.
why would you want a train when you have pick up trucks
because pick up truck drivers can't drive for the life of them, let alone on a busy interstate. i'll take the train thank you very much
You can also have high speed freight/mail trains, France and China are doing it.
Ask me again in 10 years when literally all of the US's proven oil reserves are gone.
Was this video created by an AI chat bot? I love trains, but this video was kind of hard to sit through.
Never going to happen - it's too expensive. The price will be much higher than projected. And there's no way this could be completed in four years. This video does not explain how it has been "greenlit" because it hasn't been.
Texas has $321.3 billion in the bi-annual budget but 10% of that, or 2% of that over 5 years, is too much? You understand trains collect fares, right?
@@VulcanLogic
The project is currently out of money, shut down and dormant. It is not going to be funded by the conservative, Republican legislature.
Texas has a great idea but for the last few years and for the next few year to come it seems like all they're doing is talking. We'll see when the day comes they stop talking and begin doing......
Sadly, this project has died.
Huge waste of money. Americans are independent and don't want to live like robots.
this is just day dreaming
and
short of specifics.
Who is building this?
Who award this contract?
Such a big project but no face of any politicians....this is so bull....