According to the news this weekend and research I did, the new propsed station for the bullet train will now be in Roans Prairie, close to the intersection of Hwy 30 and Hwy. 90. I have a client closing on a house in a couple weeks that is a mile or so away from there. Wouldn't you think this will add to the property values in that rural area? With a new station will come jobs, restaurants and maybe even hotels I would assume.

That boondoggle aint never gonna happen.

I believe mgreen is referring to this:

https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/12/15/texas-bullet-train-clears-environmental-hurdle.html

FincAg said:

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I believe mgreen is referring to this:

https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/12/15/texas-bullet-train-clears-environmental-hurdle.html

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An article about that stupid thing comes out twice a year. It will never be built. Wake me when they have more than 1% capital raised. They're not even a "railroad" so they cannot use eminent domain to even survey land!

All I know is that rail company hasn't made any friends in the Texas Legislature. Its thought to be a permanently scarring feature for the state of Texas and there has never been a rail line that has succeeded with private investment only.

Its not going to happen.

I think the Dallas & Houston oil & gas markets will push this through. The stop near A&M is a bonus to get the approval & financing.

It's on Trumps infrastructure list

High speed rail in Texas comes up about once a decade our so. It hasn't happened in the past and it won't happen this time.

Just another set of promoters too make some coin off another batch of gullible investors. Consultants will milk it as long as possible, but it'll never see a single foot of track laid.

As for investment in Roans Prairie... A stop oon a high speed rail line negates high speed rail. Also outs not exactly close to Bryan College Station. The logistics of traveling to the middle of nowhere for a meeting in BCS but not getting a hotel 15 min away in BCS... Meanwhile that train, if it were to get built, will slice rural land owners, fire and emergency districts, and dual school districts in half with few nearby crossings. It's a nightmare for the people it proposes to be near.

Kenneth_2003 said:

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High speed rail in Texas comes up about once a decade our so. It hasn't happened in the past and it won't happen this time.

Just another set of promoters too make some coin off another batch of gullible investors. Consultants will milk it as long as possible, but it'll never see a single foot of track laid.

As for investment in Roans Prairie... A stop oon a high speed rail line negates high speed rail. Also outs not exactly close to Bryan College Station. The logistics of traveling to the middle of nowhere for a meeting in BCS but not getting a hotel 15 min away in BCS... Meanwhile that train, if it were to get built, will slice rural land owners, fire and emergency districts, and dual school districts in half with few nearby crossings. It's a nightmare for the people it proposes to be near.

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It follows the existing electric lines that already cut across property. Most of the railway will be raised. Next.

Which brings up an interesting question: how do you determine the damages to the property being acquired for the project due to the presence of an elevated rail line? Ive been asked that, and I don't know the answer to that question, and someone is going to have to find out the answer to that before they start condemning right of way to construct this line. The best answer I've been able to come up with is to go to Japan and do an analysis of land values adjacent and away from their high speed rail lines. I'm willing to do it, but someone is going to have to pay me a boatload of money to take on an assignment like this.

We were told it would be built on grade across our property...

I might be able to get behind elevated.

Might be splitting hairs, but in my mind elevated is off the ground. Raised is on fill...

Not splitting hairs at all. An elevated track allows livestock and farm equipment to pass, but a raised track does not.

If this thing happens, their main target is Dallas and Houston residents of course. I live in College Station and this has been a hot topic lately. I am shocked at how many people here say they would use it to go to Dallas. Price will be the determining factor of course.

Probably will face the same death as the Trans Texas Corridor unless they find an alignment that doesn't infringe on private landowner interests - not a big fan of public/private partnerships. Too many opportunities for graft and corruption.