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http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/mo...irst-ever-high-speed-train-to-connect-us-and/

The proposed high-speed train would take passengers from San Antonio, Texas, to Monterrey, Mexico through the U.S. border city of Laredo in less than two hours.

Mexican officials told Fox News Latino they have already received the go-ahead and funding is lined up from the federal government and the state of Nuevo Leon. Mexico estimates its share of the cost for the project will be around $1.5 billion, with construction slated to begin as early the first half of 2015 and completed by 2018.

But while Mexico is primed and ready to build, the U.S. is still in a study phase of the project.

The idea for the international railway sprung from an initial Texas Department of Transportation 850-mile study started in September of 2012, scheduled to be completed in December 2014. The study initially looked into building a high-speed rail between Oklahoma City and South Texas but has been expanded to include a separate extension of the railway from San Antonio to Monterrey Mexico.

"The study costs $5.6 million dollars, and an additional $400,000 would allow us to extend the study to Monterrey. Once we have route selection then we will begin talking to the private sector," Texas transportation commissioner Jeff Austin said. "We are hoping to get this started by 2015."

As a San Antonian I really hope that TxDoT decides to go through with this. Maybe this means I'll eventually get a high speed train linking SA with Houston/Austin/Dallas. A man can dream.

 

[Mashing]

Yeah, they really need to build a high speed rail between the Texas Triangle.

 

[jchap]

Yeah, they really need to build a high speed rail between the Texas Triangle.

Yeah I'd rather a high speed train to a place where they don't decapitate people

 

[perfectchaos007]

I-35 is 75mph on that stretch from San Antonio to Laredo. It only takes 2 hours to get there by car. Don't see a point to this just yet...