Railroads Transportation in Texas

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metrorail in houston



part of state s cowboy legends based on cattle drives livestock herded texas railroads in kansas. first railroad in texas completed in 1872, missouri-kansas-texas railroad, diminished need these drives. desire benefits of railroads strong dallasites paid $5,000 houston , central texas railroad shift route through location, rather corsicana planned. since 1911, texas has led nation in railroad length. texas railway mileage peaked in 1932 @ 17,078 miles (27,484 km), since has dwindled 14,006 miles (22,540 km) in 2000. state s oldest regulatory agency, railroad commission of texas, regulated railroads, in 2005, state transferred these duties txdot.


passenger railroads

el paso, texas station westbound sunset limited


passenger rail service in texas @ moment extremely limited both network viewpoint (with 3 routes) , frequency viewpoint (only daily or tri-weekly service), , considered below par developed state.


currently 3 amtrak trains serve texas:



the daily texas eagle connecting chicago, illinois san antonio, 3 times week through cars los angeles. texas stations served train marshall, longview, mineola, dallas, fort worth, cleburne, mcgregor, temple, taylor, austin, san marcos , san antonio, through cars coupled sunset limited.
the tri-weekly sunset limited, connecting new orleans, louisiana los angeles, california. texas stations served beaumont, houston , 190 miles non-stop san antonio, through cars of texas eagle coupled. further west, following texas localities served: del rio, sanderson, alpine , el paso.
the daily heartland flyer, fort worth (where connects texas eagle) oklahoma city, oklahoma, serving texas stations: fort worth , gainesville.




^ east dallas, tx handbook of texas online accessed 2008-05-07
^ texas-transportation . advamag, inc. 2007. retrieved may 4, 2006. 
^ former rail division . texas railroad commission. october 1, 2005. archived original on november 20, 2007. retrieved may 4, 2008. 






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