Texas Central begins work in Texas
2012
Public Scoping Meetings Held by Texas Central and TxDOT
2014
Texans Against HSR is formed
2018
2015
Texas Central Sues Landowners for access to property without any form of proof of eminent domain authority
2016
Jim Miles Sues Texas Central Railroad and Infrastructure to protect his private property
2016
Texas Central and a shadow company it creates, ITL, a company claiming eminent domain authority as an interurban electric railway, sue Jim Miles
2016
SB 977 and SB 975 passed to protect state funds from being used on private HSR projects and to increase security while reducing burden on local law enforcement
2017
Texas Central begins layoffs
March 2020
Final Environmental Impact Statement is published by Federal Railroad Administration, along with Rule of Particular Applicability, creating a special safety rule for the non-compliant Japanese HSR technology
December 2020
Chairman of the Board Drayton McLane leaves the project
June 2021
Disbanded Board of Directors
March 2022
TCR CEO resigns
June 2022
Eminent Domain authority affirmed by Supreme Court of Texas
2017
June 2022
Distressed Assets Firm, FTI Consulting, takes over project Approx October 2022 Offices closed, no employees, no working phone number
August 2022
August 2022
FTI Consultant testifies before Texas House Transportation Committee as TCR CEO that he is unaware of the Texas Landowner Bill of Rights
2023
TAHSR submits request for inquiry to US Department of Justice for Federal Agent Registration Act violations by Texas Central and its parent companies for failure to
2024
Amtrak receives $65 grant from Federal Railroad Administration to “explore partnership” with TCR (a company that exists only on paper)
2024
Texas Central transfers portions of properties it owns to the Japan Texas High Speed Rail Caymans LLC
2024
Japan Texas HSR Caymans transfers properties held to a Delaware-based Master Fund, in which majority ownership is held by John Kleinheinz, former board member and original investor of Texas Central
2025