Texas’ Long-Awaited Bullet Train Plans to Start Construction

Can't wait for this to finally start. Having been to Japan and riding on the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kyoto, it's amazing. Not having to worry about traffic or any other stops.

 

This is awesome. Gonna benefit both cities tremendously. I think I paid about $90 one way between Nagoya and Tokyo. Should probably expect similar pricing.

 

Who the hell wants to go to fn Dallas? Can we connect to NOLA instead please?

 

This > Tax breaks on Hummers

 

That route would probably give the term "bullet train" literal meaning.

 

I think it would be more akin to the Drunk Train from “How I Met Your Mother”.

 

I thought this connection would give way to more job opportunities for people but at $90 a trip, that's kind of pricey to be an everyday commute.

 

We got suckered in.

 

Great news if true. Even though I no longer live in Houston, I'm sure the many travelers who constantly shuttle back and forth to/from Dallas and vice versa are very excited about this.

 

Any hope of a bullet train from the RGV to any civiization? In my truck, it's 4.5 hours to San Antonio, 5.5 hours to Houston, 6.5 to Austin, 8.5 To Dallas.

 

How about we build a wall...

















Just south of Dallas.

 

This will be nice for weekend getaways. Too bad it’s Dallas, though

 

Not a big fan. I can't see the ridership elevating to a profitable level. Business travelers will continue to use airlines due to the mileage points and loyalty programs (i.e.: A List for Southwest). Casual/ family travelers will not be enough to keep this afloat. Also, its only a 3 hour drive to Dallas, why not just drive the whole family and not have to rent a car / Uber or Lyft when you get to Dallas?

When this company goes under, guess whose there to pick up the tab: us, the taxpaying citizens.

I live in Cypress and this is going to run roughly 3 miles from my house. This also pisses me off.

 

I know the NIMBYs in the middle counties between Houston and Dallas don’t want this **** being built in their backyard, but pretty damn sure they are the first to screaming about building a wall in someone else’s county.


Second point, so my post doesn’t get too politicize is that yeah, you could always fly to Dallas. Still don’t know why you would want to. But at least in a train, you have more room. You know you don’t want to sit next to a 400 pound Houstonian.

 

That Train will be faster than flying.

When measuring total time to get from outside departing terminal to outside arriving terminal, flying will no longer be faster if the train terminals are anywhere near as fast to board as they are in Germany. In Germany, you literally can just jump on the train.

Security/Forced Boarding times of 20 minutes prior/Deboarding/Walking through airport takes more time than the actual flight time Hou-Dal.

 

Dallas wins this one. Houston not building this into the city is beyond stupid.

 

According to the map in the OP links, the Houston terminal is at 610 and I-10. That's no bad considering we basically have 2 downtowns. Shouldn't be hard to connect ligh-rail from there to downtown, no? -- which you'd also want to do if it ended in downtown as well.

 

Oh they're trying to put it up my butt? Do not want. @Kam

 

Couple of points:

1) It's true that passenger trains are rarely profitable. They, much like airlines and bus companies, typically require subsidies to maintain the infrastructure they operate on (airports and highways in the above examples).

2) If this is built, business travelers would absolutely opt to take this over flying, it's been proven around the world that high speed rail captures a greater market share between two cities than flying. It's objectively a more comfortable and more convenient way to travel.