Texas Central Names Renfe as Early Operator for Historic Project
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DALLAS, July 14, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
Texas Central, developers of the high-speed train between Dallas and Houston,
has signed a contract with Renfe to be the Early Operator for the
transformational project aiming to revolutionize travel in Texas.
Renfe is one of the world's most significant railways operators, running
5,000 trains daily on 7,500 miles of track. The company is integral to the
transport system in Spain, its home base, handling more than 510 million
passengers and 17 million tons of freight moved in 2019.
"Renfe has an established reputation for excellence in railroad operations in
Spain and across the world," said Texas Central CEO Carlos Aguilar. "With their
decades of expertise, they were a natural fit to join our team of
best-in-class global experts setting the foundation for this new jobs-creating
industry we are bringing to Texas."
As the Early Operator, Renfe will work alongside Texas Central on the design
and development of the commercial aspects of the high-speed train system. The
Early Operator will focus on providing key expertise and supporting senior
decision makers, leveraging existing capabilities within Texas Central's
integrated organization. The agreement is the latest example of the project
bringing on board the industry's best subject matter experts from across the
globe. It comes just a couple of weeks after Texas Central announced it named
the multinational firm Webuild to lead the civil construction consortium that
will build the passenger line. Webuild will be responsible for all work up to
the top of the rail, including viaducts, embankments and drainage.
Renfe will also provide advisory and consulting services to Texas Central on
final design, execution, construction, testing and commissioning of Civil,
Station and buildings, Installation, Core Systems and O&M technology and plans
and processes, as well as all commercial aspects of the HSR system.
"Renfe is proud to contribute its unique international high-speed experience to
this project as we are the only operator in the world that has participated in
designing, developing, operating and maintaining a high-speed train system
outside of its home country," said Isaías Táboas, President of Renfe Operadora.
"High-speed rail provides a safe, time efficient, and environmentally friendly
transportation option. We truly believe that the Texas Central Railroad project
meets all the conditions to become the first truly high-speed system in the
U.S. and that it will be a game changer for the state and the country."
The announcement is the latest milestone for the investor-led project. In July,
Texas Central Signed a contract with Webuild to serve as Design-build lead, and
late last year, the company reached two historic milestones when the Federal
Railroad Administration issued the final Rule of Particular Applicability (RPA)
and the Record of Decision (ROD) for the project.
Now that these milestones have been reached, the required elements are in place
for the company to fully focus on the final due diligence and secure permanent
financing.
The system Texas Central Railroad proposes to build in Texas will replicate the
proven Japanese Tokaido Shinkansen high-speed rail system, as operated by the
Central Japan Railway Company (JRC). Texas Central chose this system because it
is one of the safest and most punctual train systems in the world. In its 55+
year history, it has transported over 10 billion passengers with an impeccable
safety record of zero operational passenger fatalities and zero accidents since
first deployed. This technology reliably moves more than 400,000 passengers
every day.
The project will create an estimated 17,000 direct jobs during the six years of
construction, over 20,000 supply chain jobs and more than 1,400 direct
permanent jobs when the train is fully operational. The Texas Central project
will use $7.3 billion of materials from US companies across 37 states. And,
over the next 25 years, this project will have a direct cumulative economic
impact of $36 billion.
Texas Central has a comprehensive Business and Workforce Opportunity Program
with a mission to promote the value and development of small, rural, and
minority-, woman-, veteran- and disabled individual-owned businesses by
offering fair and competitive opportunities to bid and participate in building
and operating the Texas high-speed train.
About Texas Central. Texas Central, which includes its operating subsidiary
Texas Central Railroad, is the company undertaking the development, design,
construction, finance, and operation of the innovative new high-speed passenger
train line that will connect the fourth and fifth largest economies in the
country, North Texas and Greater Houston, in less than 90 minutes, with one
stop in the Brazos Valley. For more information, visit www.texascentral.com.
About Renfe. Renfe Operadora is one of the most significant railway
operators in the world because of its experience in high-speed rail, commuter
and logistics services. Renfe runs more than 5,000 trains daily, it is a
central actor in the country's transport system, with more than 510 million
passengers, and 17 million tons of freight moved in 2019. The company has
almost 30 years operated high-speed trains in Spain, the second country in the
world (after China) in terms of high-speed lines, with more than 1,800 miles in
service. See more at www.renfe.com.
SOURCE: Texas Central High Speed Rail
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