New high-speed train will connect two major southern cities in 90 minutes

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Will the US ever adopt the concept of bullet trains?

That hasn’t exactly materialized in California, despite multi-comma controls, but so far it has fallen short.

With the goalposts being pushed back year after year, even the current trend of NFL power kickers couldn’t force it between the uprights.

That said, California’s false promises doesn’t stop Texas from dreaming big. “Everything is bigger in Texas,” right?

A new one report confirmed that a high-speed train is ‘on course’, despite some obstacles to overcome and satisfy people.

As a state known for less bureaucracy (even with endless highway construction projects), we at Travel Off Path are excited to be among the first to report the exciting news about Texas’ lofty vision coming to fruition.

Even though travelers will have to wait a while, Travelers from Texas can look forward to flying from Dallas to Houston (and vice versa) in 90 minutes or less.

Can we have a “yeehaw!” to get?

The new Texas train is the next Southwest Airlines

We’re all so in love with our phones these days (whether it’s AI acting like a god in our pocket or shamelessly doom-scrolling, mind-numbing videos) that most of us aren’t even impressed by the fact that we can hop aboard a metal bird and shoot through the air like it’s nothing.

Southwest Airlines is an American favorite, some would say an American treasure, considering they have always been innovators, for better or worse.

I mean, aren’t we happy with their new assigned seating policy?

Anyway, you may not know that Southwest was created right here in Texas with the goal of easily connecting one of America’s largest states.

Sure, you can now fly them almost anywhere in North America or the Caribbean that’s worth going, but when they started it might as well have been called Texas Airlines.

The Dallas to Houston high-speed rail project outlined by Dallas City Hall will essentially be the new “Southwest” on track, significantly reducing four-hour car journeys and freeing you from airport hassles.

With no traffic to worry about and an estimated travel time of 90 minutes, this bold venture seems like a win-win situation, so what’s the big deal?

A lot – and it seems everyone is involved and disagrees with the vision. But don’t worry, there’s an insightful new update with positive news.

The latest update

Other media reporting on the progress of this train seem to be using fear-mongering tactics for clicks.

In doing so, many of them missed an important detail.

Yes, it is true that there have been setbacks. What major project hasn’t encountered speed bumps along the way?

The good news comes in the form of two words: “on course.”

Quite literally, this means that a plan is being set in motion to have this bullet train – you guessed it – on the traces as quickly as possible.

Others focus on the negative, while we’re excited to see how this will change travel in the state of Texas, in addition to the equally exciting news that Fort Worth is transforming into an urban island along the Trinity River as San Antonio 2.0.

Frankly, that makes the train even more attractive, as Fort Worth will also be in the cards for this groundbreaking 150-mile line.

Even with a rocky start and the current government raking in nearly $64 million in grants last year, private investors are making up for it, so the train still has the green light to move on to the next steps.

Where exactly is this train going?

The full route is still in the works, but we do have some major developments where this will happen not to go:

• Dallas’ central business district
• Uptown
• Victory Park area
• Any city park that interferes with the Dallas to Fort Worth corridor

The latest update shows that Houston hasn’t joined the chat yet, so there’s no immediate timetable to guess when the kicker will fall.

Not that we are engineers in any way, but our Spidey feeling tells us that this will likely be in the ‘burbs from start to finish when it’s all said and done, just as the latest revelations from California’s LA-Vegas show that their bullet train concept won’t reach the Los Angeles city limits.

According to Dallas City Hallthe entire timeline could take 17 years. However, everyone involved is already well into the planning stages, as many approvals took place during the dark days of the pandemic, so it’s not as long a wait as you might think as long as this project keeps moving along.

Amtrak has been involved in planning discussions since 2016, which could see the project take about seven years from completion if Dallas City Hall’s original timeline holds.

Sam Sears

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Sam, our lead writer and San Diego-based journalist, has visited 36 countries and written more than 1,000 articles with an emphasis on sharing his own travel experiences and highlighting lesser-known gems.