Texas Central named Bechtel the project manager for the high-speed project which will link Dallas and Houston. Under the agreement signed on May 2, Bechtel will support Texas Central in managing the Texas Bullet Train project as it moves from development to implementation phase.
“We’re putting all of the elements together, building toward the expected 10,000 direct jobs each year during construction in Texas. The addition of Bechtel, with its experience in train and mega-infrastructure project experience, is another sign of the expertise this project is attracting and leveraging,” Texas Central CEO Carlos Aguilar said.
The partnership comes after Texas Central selected Fluor Enterprises and The Lane Construction Corporation to perform pre-construction planning with engineering support from WSP.
Texas Central, Fluor, Lane and WSP are refining and updating construction planning and sequencing, scheduling and cost estimates and other design and engineering activities. That’s being guided by the Federal Railroad Administration’s recently released Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the project.
The DEIS for the first time outlined a single, preferred route between North Texas and Houston, identified passenger station locations and recognized the train system’s low-impact design and construction principles.
Texas bullet train project envisages the construction of a 386-km railway line served by three stations, which will cover the distance in less than 90 minutes. The value of the project is estimated at USD 15 billion. Texas Central will deploy Central Japan Railway Company’s (JRC) “N700-I Bullet” high-speed rail system based on their Shinkansen system.
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