Article - Texas High-Speed Rail Routes Revealed

**jerrywall** · 10-23-2014, 02:28 PM

Texas High-Speed Rail Routes Revealed

Interesting reading this, and it makes me wish that Oklahoma could get a high speed route connecting in, running from say Tulsa to Dallas by way of OKC. The thought of a 3 hr train ride from OKC to Houston or Austin is enticing.

**Plutonic Panda** · 10-23-2014, 02:41 PM

Government officials estimate that the drive from Dallas to Houston, which now takes about four hours, could take six hours by 2035. They estimate the average speed on I-45 between the two cities will drop from 60 mph to 40 mph over that time.

The average speed is much higher than that.

**jerrywall** · 10-23-2014, 02:49 PM

You've evidently not driven on I-45 when it's packed. I hate that drive.

**FighttheGoodFight** · 10-23-2014, 03:11 PM

I would love to see the fare amounts. If it is reasonable this could be a huge boost for Texas. The drives there are rough to say the least. I always DART'd around in Dallas.

**Plutonic Panda** · 10-23-2014, 03:33 PM

Originally Posted by jerrywall

You've evidently not driven on I-45 when it's packed. I hate that drive.

I have. I've also driven extremely fast(not going to say because I don't want to be bitched at) and was passed by many others going even faster than I was.

I also believe once they are done widening I-35 from Fort Worth to Austin, I-45 is going to be widened to six lanes as it should be.

Either way, this is a great thing and hopefully it will tie into OKC.

**poe** · 10-23-2014, 06:03 PM

I rode the Eurostar from London to Paris and back a few weeks ago. It was a 186 mph, two-hour ride through the countryside of England and France; it was great.